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	Nave's—Ass (donkey)

Ass, The Domestic

Unclean—Le 11:2,3,26; Ex 13:13

DESCRIBED AS

• Not devoid of instinct
• —Isa 1:3
• Strong
• —Ge 49:14
• Fond of ease
• —Ge 49:14,15

Often fed on vine-leaves—Ge 49:11

Formed a part of patriarchal wealth—Ge 12:16; 30:43; Job 1:3; 42:12

WAS USED

• In agriculture
• —Isa 30:6,24
• For bearing burdens
• —Ge 42:26; 1Sa 25:18
• For riding
• —Ge 22:3; Nu 22:21
• In harness
• —Isa 21:7
• In war
• —2Ki 7:7,10

Governed by a bridle—Pr 26:3

Urged on with a staff—Nu 22:23,27

Women often rode on—Jos 15:18; 1Sa 25:20

Persons of rank rode on—Jud 10:3,4; 2Sa 16:2

Judges of Israel rode on white—Jud 5:10

Young, most valued for labour—Isa 30:6,24

Trusty persons appointed to take care of—Ge 36:24; 1Sa 9:3; 1Ch 27:30

Often taken unlawfully by corrupt rulers—Nu 16:15; 1Sa 8:16; 12:3

Later counted as an ignoble creature—Jer 22:19

LAWS RESPECTING

• Not to be coveted
• —Ex 20:17
• Fallen under a burden, to be assisted
• —Ex 23:5
• Astray, to be brought back to its owners
• —Ex 23:4; De 22:1
• Astray, to be taken care of till its owner appeared
• —De 22:2,3
• Not to be yoked with an ox
• —De 22:10
• To enjoy the rest of the Sabbath
• —De 5:14
• First-born of, if not redeemed, to have its neck broken
• —Ex 13:13; 34:20
• Christ entered Jerusalem on
• —Zec 9:9; Joh 12:14

MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH

• Mouth of Balaam's opened to speak
• —Nu 22:28; 2Pe 2:16
• A thousand men slain by Samson with a jaw-bone of
• —Jud 15:19
• Water brought from the jaw-bone of
• —Jud 15:19
• Not torn by a lion
• —1Ki 13:28
• Eaten during famine in Samaria
• —2Ki 6:25