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Ass, The Domestic

 

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
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