FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- 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

Jud 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

Jud 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