Ox, the

Often found wild Deuteronomy 14:5
INCLUDES THE
- Bull Genesis 32:15; Job 21:10
- Bullock Psalm 50:9; Jeremiah 46:21
- Cow Numbers 18:17; Job 21:10
- Heifer Genesis 15:9; Numbers 19:2
Was clean and fit for food Deuteronomy 14:4
DESCRIBED AS
- Strong Psalm 144:14; Proverbs 14:4
- Beautiful Jeremiah 46:20; Hosea 10:11
- Not without sagacity Isaiah 1:3
Horns and hoofs of, alluded to Psalm 69:31
Lowing of, alluded to 1 Samuel 15:14; Job 6:5
WAS FED
- With grass Job 40:15; Psalm 106:20; Daniel 4:25
- With corn Isaiah 30:24
- With straw Isaiah 11:7
- On the hills Isaiah 7:25
- In the valleys 1 Chronicles 27:29; Isaiah 65:10
- In stalls Habakkuk 3:17
Rapid manner of collecting its food alluded to Numbers 22:4
Formed a part of the patriarchal wealth Genesis 13:2,5; 26:14; Job 1:3
Formed a part of the wealth of Israel in Egypt Genesis 50:8; Exodus 10:9; 12:32
Formed a part of the wealth of the Jews Numbers 32:4; Psalm 144:14
Required great care and attention Proverbs 27:23
Herdmen appointed over Genesis 13:7; 1 Samuel 21:7
Urged on by the goad Judges 3:31
USED FOR
- Drawing wagons &c Numbers 7:3; 1 Samuel 6:7
- Carrying burdens 1 Chronicles 12:40
- Ploughing 1 Kings 19:19; Job 1:14; Amos 6:12
- Earing the ground Isaiah 30:24; 32:20
- Treading out the corn Hosea 10:11
- Sacrifice Exodus 20:24; 2 Samuel 24:22
- Food 1 Kings 1:9; 19:21; 2 Chronicles 18:2
Often stall-fed for slaughter Proverbs 15:17
Goes to the slaughter unconscious Proverbs 7:22
Young of, considered a great delicacy Genesis 18:7; Amos 6:4
Male firstlings of, belonged to God Exodus 34:19
Tithe of, given to the priests 2 Chronicles 31:6
LAWS RESPECTING
- To rest on the Sabbath Exodus 23:12; Deuteronomy 5:14
- Not to be yoked with an ass in the same plough Deuteronomy 22:10
- Not to be muzzled when treading out the corn Deuteronomy 25:4; 1 Corinthians 9:9
- If stolen to be restored double Exodus 22:4
- Of others not to be coveted Exodus 20:17; Deuteronomy 5:21
- Of others if lost or hurt through neglect, to be made good Exodus 22:9-13
- Killing a man, to be stoned Exodus 21:28-32
- Mode of reparation for one, killing another Exodus 21:35,36
- Straying to be brought back to its owner Exodus 23:4; Deuteronomy 22:1,2
- Fallen under its burden to be raised up again Deuteronomy 22:4
- Fat of, not to be eaten Leviticus 7:23
Increase of, promised Deuteronomy 7:13; 28:4
Publicly sold 2 Samuel 24:24; Luke 14:19
Often given as a present Genesis 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 1 Samuel 11:7
Sea of brass rested on figures of 1 Kings 7:25
ILLUSTRATIVE
- (Engaged in husbandry,) of Ministers Isaiah 30:24; 32:20
- (Not muzzled in treading corn,) of Minister's right to Support 1 Corinthians 9:9,10
- (Prepared for a feast,) of the provision of the gospel Proverbs 9:2; Matthew 22:4
- (Led to slaughter,) of a rash youth Proverbs 7:22
- (Led to slaughter,) of saints under persecution Jeremiah 11:19
- (Stall fed,) of sumptuous living Proverbs 15:17
BULL OR BULLOCK ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of fierce enemies Psalm 22:12; 68:30
- (Firstling of,) of the glory of Joseph Deuteronomy 33:17
- (In a net,) of the impatient under judgment Isaiah 51:20
- (Fatted,) of greedy mercenaries Jeremiah 46:21
- (Unaccustomed to the yoke,) of intractable sinners Jeremiah 31:18
KINE ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of proud and wealthy rules Amos 4:1
- (well favoured,) of years of plenty Genesis 41:2,26,29
- (Lean,) of years of scarcity Genesis 41:3; 27:30
HEIFER ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of a beloved wife Judges 14:18
- (Sliding back,) of backsliding Israel Hosea 4:16
- (Taught, &c) of Israel's fondness for ease in preference to Obedience Hosea 10:11
- (Of three years old,) of Moab in affliction Isaiah 15:5; Jeremiah 48:34
- (Fair,) of the beauty and wealth of Egypt Jeremiah 46:20
- (At grass,) of the luxurious Chaldees Jeremiah 50:11

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