Unclean and unfit for food  Le 11:13.
Furnished with wings and feathers  Job 39:13.
Lays her eggs in the sand  Job 39:14.
Described as
Void of wisdom.  Job 39:17.
Imprudent.  Job 39:15.
Cruel to her young.  Job 39:16.
Rapid in movement.  Job 39:18.

Illustrative
Of the unnatural cruelty of the Jews in their calamities.  La 4:3.
(Companionship with,) of extreme desolation.  Job 30:29.

Varieties of  Le 11:16,17; De 14:15,16.
Unclean and not to be eaten  Le 11:13,16.
Described as
Mournful in voice.  Mic 1:8.
Solitary in disposition.  Ps 102:6.
Careful of its young.  Isa 34:15.

Inhabits deserted cities and houses  Isa 13:21; 34:11-14; Jer 50:39.
Illustrative of mourners  Ps 102:6.

Often found wild  De 14:5.
Includes the
Bull.  Ge 32:15; Job 21:10.
Bullock.  Ps 50:9; Jer 46:21.
Cow.  Nu 18:17; Job 21:10.
Heifer.  Ge 15:9; Nu 19:2.

Was clean and fit for food  De 14:4.
Described as
Strong.  Ps 144:14; Pr 14:4.
Beautiful.  Jer 46:20; Ho 10:11.
Not without sagacity.  Isa 1:3.

Horns and hoofs of, alluded to  Ps 69:31.
Lowing of, alluded to  1Sa 15:14; Job 6:5.
Was fed
With grass.  Job 40:15; Ps 106:20; Da 4:25.
With corn.  Isa 30:24.
With straw.  Isa 11:7.
On the hills.  Isa 7:25.
In the valleys.  1Ch 27:29; Isa 65:10.
In stalls.  Hab 3:17.

Rapid manner of collecting its food alluded to  Nu 22:4.
Formed a part of the patriarchal wealth  Ge 13:2,5; 26:14; Job 1:3.
Formed a part of the wealth of Israel in Egypt  Ge 50:8; Ex 10:9; 12:32.
Formed a part of the wealth of the Jews  Nu 32:4; Ps 144:14.
Required great care and attention  Pr 27:23.
Herdmen appointed over  Ge 13:7; 1Sa 21:7.
Urged on by the goad  Jdj 3:31.
Used for
Drawing wagons &c.  Nu 7:3; 1Sa 6:7.
Carrying burdens.  1Ch 12:40.
Ploughing.  1Ki 19:19; Job 1:14; Am 6:12.
Earing the ground.  Isa 30:24; 32:20.
Treading out the corn.  Ho 10:11.
Sacrifice.  Ex 20:24; 2Sa 24:22.
Food.  1Ki 1:9; 19:21; 2Ch 18:2.

Often stall-fed for slaughter  Pr 15:17.
Goes to the slaughter unconscious  Pr 7:22.
Young of, considered a great delicacy  Ge 18:7; Am 6:4.
Male firstlings of, belonged to God  Ex 34:19.
Tithe of, given to the priests  2Ch 31:6.
Laws respecting
To rest on the Sabbath.  Ex 23:12; De 5:14.
Not to be yoked with an ass in the same plough.  De 22:10.
Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn.  De 25:4; 1Co 9:9.
If stolen to be restored double.  Ex 22:4.
Of others not to be coveted.  Ex 20:17; De 5:21.
Of others if lost or hurt through neglect, to be made good.  Ex 22:9-13.
Killing a man, to be stoned.  Ex 21:28-32.
Mode of reparation for one, killing another.  Ex 21:35,36.
Straying to be brought back to its owner.  Ex 23:4; De 22:1,2.
Fallen under its burden to be raised up again.  De 22:4.
Fat of, not to be eaten.  Le 7:23.

Increase of, promised  De 7:13; 28:4.
Publicly sold  2Sa 24:24; Lu 14:19.
Often given as a present  Ge 12:16; 20:14.
The wicked often took, in pledge from the poor  Job 24:3.
Custom of sending the pieces of, to collect the people to war  1Sa 11:7.
Sea of brass rested on figures of  1Ki 7:25.
Illustrative
(Engaged in husbandry,) of Ministers.  Isa 30:24; 32:20.
(Not muzzled in treading corn,) of Minister’s right to support.  1Co 9:9,10.
(Prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel.  Pr 9:2; Mt 22:4.
(Led to slaughter,) of a rash youth.  Pr 7:22.
(Led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution.  Jer 11:19.
(Stall fed,) of sumptuous living.  Pr 15:17.

Bull or bullock illustrative
Of fierce enemies.  Ps 22:12; 68:30.
(Firstling of,) of the glory of Joseph.  De 33:17.
(In a net,) of the impatient under judgment.  Isa 51:20.
(Fatted,) of greedy mercenaries.  Jer 46:21.
(Unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners.  Jer 31:18.

Kine illustrative
Of proud and wealthy rules.  Am 4:1.
(well favoured,) of years of plenty.  Ge 41:2,26,29.
(Lean,) of years of scarcity.  Ge 41:3; 27:30.

Heifer illustrative
Of a beloved wife.  Jdj 14:18.
(Sliding back,) of backsliding Israel.  Ho 4:16.
(Taught, &c) of Israel’s fondness for ease in preference to obedience.  Ho 10:11.
(Of three years old,) of Moab in affliction.  Isa 15:5; Jer 48:34.
(Fair,) of the beauty and wealth of Egypt.  Jer 46:20.
(At grass,) of the luxurious Chaldees.  Jer 50:11.

Jerusalem celebrated for  Ps 48:3,13.
The term applied to
Residences of kings.  Da 4:4; 6:18.
Houses of great men.  Am 3:9; Mic 5:5.
The temple of God.  1Ch 29:1,19.
The house of the high priest.  Mt 26:58.

Described as
High.  Ps 78:69.
Polished.  Ps 144:12.
Pleasant.  Isa 13:22.

Of kings
Called the king’s house.  2Ki 25:9; 2Ch 7:11.
Called the house of the kingdom.  2Ch 2:1,12.
Called the king’s palace.  Es 1:5.
Called the royal house.  Es 1:9.
Splendidly furnished.  Es 1:6.
Surrounded with gardens.  Es 1:5.
Surrounded with terraces.  2Ch 9:11.
Under governors.  1Ki 4:6; Ne 7:2.
Often attended by eunuchs as servants.  2Ki 20:18; Da 1:3,4.
Were strictly guarded.  2Ki 11:5.
Afforded support to all the King’s retainers.  Ezr 4:14; Da 1:5.
Royal decrees issued from.  Es 3:15; 8:14.
Royal decrees laid up in.  Ezr 6:2.
Contained treasures of the king.  1Ki 15:18; 2Ch 12:9; 25:24.
Gorgeous apparel suited to, alone.  Lu 7:25.

Were entered by gates  Ne 2:8.
Often the storehouses of rapine  Am 3:10.
Often as punishment
Spoiled.  Am 3:11.
Forsaken.  Isa 32:14.
Desolate.  Ps 69:25; Eze 19:7.
Scenes of bloodshed.  Jer 9:21.
Burned with fire.  2Ch 36:19; Jer 17:27.
Overgrown with thorns, &c.  Isa 34:13.
The habitation of dragons, &c.  Isa 13:22.

The spider makes its way even into  Pr 30:28.
Illustrative of
The splendour of the church.  Song 8:9.
The godly children of saints.  Ps 144:12.
The place of Satan’s dominion.  Lu 11:21.

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