Bible Animals: Being a Description of Every Living Creature Mentioned in the Scriptures from the Ape to the Coral

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Charles Scribner, 1870 - Nature in the Bible - 652 pages

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The two animals comprehended under one nameThe JackalIts numbers
55
The Hyæna not mentioned by name but evidently alluded toSignification
62
THE WEASEL
68
THE BADGER AND ITS HOME Exod xxvi
72
The Syrian BearIdentity of the Hebrew and Arabic titlesIts colour variable
75
BEARS DESCENDING FROM THE HILLS Prov xxviii
76
THE HEDGEHOG OR BITTERN
80
THE MOLE
86
FIELDMICE AMONG CORN 1 Sam vi 5
93
The prohibitions of the Mosaic lawThe chewing of the cud and division of
96
OXEN BEARING THE YOKE Lam iii
104
OXEN TREADING OUT CORN Deut xxv 4
107
THE BUFFALO Amos vi 12
114
THE WILD BULL
116
The Bison tribe and its distinguishing marksIts former existence in Palestine
131
THE UNICORN OR BISON Job xxxix 9
132
THE PYGARG OR ADDAX
141
SHEEP LED TO PASTURE John x 3
154
THE RAMS HORN TRUMPET Josh vi 4
177
THE CHAMOIS
185
THE CHAMOIS OR AOUDAD Deut xiv 4 5
187
GOATS DIVIDED FROM SHEEP Matt xxv 52
199
GOATS WOUNDED BY LION Amos iii
202
THE WILD GOAT
203
THE WILD GOAT OR IBEX Psa cxiv 18
206
CAMELS AND THEIR BURDENS Isa xxx
222
THE DROMEDARY AND ITS RIDER Jer ii 23
231
CHAPTER II
233
THE CAMEL AND THE NEEDLES EYE Matt xix 24
243
THE BACTRIAN CAMEL
244
THE WAR CHARIOT OF EGYPT Jer xlvi 9
259
Importance of the Ass in the EastIts general use for the saddleRiding
264
SYRIAN ASSES Prov xxvi 3
269
The Arod and Pere of Scripture Various allusions to the Wild AssIts swiftness
279
WILD ASSES AND THE HUNTERS Job xxxix 58
282
THE MULE
285
MULES AND THEIR DRIVER Psa xxxii 9
287
SWINE
292
THE ELEPHANT
302
THE CONEY OR HYRAX
312
CONIES AMONG THE ROCKS Prov xxx 26
313
BEHEMOTH
318
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS OR BEHEMOTH Job xl
324
THE HIPPOPOTAMUS IN THE RIVER Job xl 21
325
Difficulty of identifying the various birds mentioned in ScriptureThe Vultures
333
THE OSSIFRAGE OR LÄMMERGEIER Deut xiv 12
334
THE EGYPTIAN VULTURE OR GIEREAGLE
339
The words which have been translated as Owl The Côs or Little OwlUse
370
THE LITTLE OWL Psa cii 6
372
THE OWL AMONG RUINS Job xxx
376
Different interpretations of the word TachmasProbability that it signifies
377
THE NIGHTHAWK Deut xiv 15
378
THE SWALLOW AND SWIFT Jer viii 7
385
THE HOOPOE OR LAPWING OF SCRIPTURE
392
THE LAPWING OR HOOPOE Levit xi 19
393
THE SPARROW OR BLUE THRUSH Psa cii 7
399
The Cuckoo only twice mentioned in ScriptureDifficulty of identifying
405
THE CUCKOO Levit xi 16
406
THE ROCK DOVE Cant ii 14
416
POULTRY
421
POULTRY Luke xiii 34
423
PEACOCKS 1 Kings x
425
THE PARTRIDGE ON THE MOUNTAINS 1 Sam xxvi 20
428
Signification of the word SeldvVarious passages in which the word is men
430
THE RAVEN
439
THE RAVEN Job xxxviii 41
441
THE OSTRICH
450
THE OSTRICH AND ITS EGGS Job xxxix 14
454
THE BITTERN
462
THE BITTERN Isa xiv 23
463
THE HERON
467
THE HERON Deut xi 19
469
THE CRANE
474
THE CRANE Isa xxxviii 14
475
THE SWAN
485
THE PELICAN
495
Reptiles in generalLooseness of the term creeping thingsThe Tzab of
505
THE LEVIATHAN OR CROCODILE
514
Difficulty of identifying the LetaahProbability that it is a collective and not
529
Serpents in generalSignification of the Hebrew word Nachash Various passages
540
THE VIPER OR EPHEН
552
Impossibility of distinguishing the different species of fishesThe fishermen
563
CHAPTER II
571
The purple of ScriptureVarious Molluscs from which it is obtainedThe
585
THE PEARL
592
THE
605
THE STORK IN THE FINTREES
612
The Tzirah or Hornet of ScriptureTravellers driven away by HornetsThe
613
THE CRIMSON WORM
622
THE CROCODILE OR LEVIATHAN
626
FLIES
632
The Gnat of ScripturoStraining out the Gnat and swallowing the camel
635
THE SPIDER
643
ILLUSTRATIONS IN THE TEXT
645

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Page 506 - O Lord, how manifold are thy works ! in wisdom hast thou made them all: the earth is full of thy riches. So is this great and wide sea, wherein are things creeping innumerable, both small and great beasts.
Page 26 - Thou makest darkness, and it is night: wherein all the beasts of the forest do creep forth. The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from God.
Page 576 - Again, the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net, that was cast into the sea, and gathered of every kind: Which, when it was full, they drew to shore, and sat down, and gathered the good into vessels, but cast the bad away.
Page 282 - And he will be a wild man ; his hand will be against every man, and every man's hand against him ; and he shall dwell in the presence of all his brethren.
Page 249 - He paweth in the valley, and rejoiceth in his strength : He goeth on to meet the armed men. He mocketh at fear, and is not affrighted, Neither turneth he back from the sword. The quiver rattleth against him, The glittering spear and the shield. He swalloweth the ground with fierceness and rage; Neither believeth he that it is the sound of the trumpet. He saith among the trumpets, Ha, ha; And he smelleth the battle afar off, The thunder of the captains, and the shouting.
Page 423 - O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, which killest the prophets, and stonest them that are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, as a hen doth gather her brood under her wings, and ye would not...
Page 351 - He found him in a desert land, And in the waste howling wilderness; He led him about, he instructed him, * He kept him as the apple of his eye.
Page 400 - Are not two sparrows sold for a farthing? And one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father. But the very hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear ye not therefore, ye are of more value than many sparrows.
Page 578 - And when they arose early on the morrow morning, behold, Dagon was fallen upon his face to the ground before the ark of the Lord ; and the head of Dagon and both the palms of his hands were cut off upon the threshold : only the stump of Dagon was left to him.
Page 640 - Behold, I give unto you power to tread on serpents and scorpions, and over all the power of the enemy: and nothing shall by any means hurt you.

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