Bible Concordances
Ass, the Domestic

Torrey's Topical Textbook

• Unclean
  Leviticus 11:2,3,26; Exodus 13:13

• DESCRIBED AS
  • Not devoid of instinct
    Isaiah 1:3
  • Strong
    Genesis 49:14
  • Fond of ease
    Genesis 49:14,15

• Often fed on vine-leaves
  Genesis 49:11

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

• WAS USED
  • In agriculture
    Isaiah 30:6,24
  • For bearing burdens
    Genesis 42:26; 1 Samuel 25:18
  • For riding
    Genesis 22:3; Numbers 22:21
  • In harness
    Isaiah 21:7
  • In war
    2 Kings 7:7,10

• Governed by a bridle
  Proverbs 26:3

• Urged on with a staff
  Numbers 22:23,27

• Women often rode on
  Joshua 15:18; 1 Samuel 25:20

• Persons of rank rode on
  Judges 10:3,4; 2 Samuel 16:2

• Judges of Israel rode on white
  Judges 5:10

• Young, most valued for labour
  Isaiah 30:6,24

• Trusty persons appointed to take care of
  Genesis 36:24; 1 Samuel 9:3; 1 Chronicles 27:30

• Often taken unlawfully by corrupt rulers
  Numbers 16:15; 1 Samuel 8:16; 12:3

• Later counted as an ignoble creature
  Jeremiah 22:19

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

• MIRACLES CONNECTED WITH
  • Mouth of Balaam's opened to speak
    Numbers 22:28; 2 Peter 2:16
  • A thousand men slain by Samson with a jaw-bone of
    Judges 15:19
  • Water brought from the jaw-bone of
    Judges 15:19
  • Not torn by a lion
    1 Kings 13:28
  • Eaten during famine in Samaria
    2 Kings 6:25