. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . a considerable part of the richesof the patriarchs consisting in their flocksand herds. Its multiplying, therefore, wasconsidered as a blessing, and its decreaseas a curse. So the plague of hail was sentto smite especially the cattle, the first-bornof which, also, were The ox wasthe most precious stock next to the horse 1 2 Kings xxiii., 10; Isa. xxx., 33; Jer. vii., St, 32;xix., 6, ll.—2 Gen. xiii., 2-5; xx
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . a considerable part of the richesof the patriarchs consisting in their flocksand herds. Its multiplying, therefore, wasconsidered as a blessing, and its decreaseas a curse. So the plague of hail was sentto smite especially the cattle, the first-bornof which, also, were The ox wasthe most precious stock next to the horse 1 2 Kings xxiii., 10; Isa. xxx., 33; Jer. vii., St, 32;xix., 6, ll.—2 Gen. xiii., 2-5; xxvi., 14; xxxii., 5, 7;Exod. xii., 29; Dent, vii., 14; xxviii., 4; Job i., 3;xiii., 12; Psa. Ixxviii., 48 ; cvii., 3S ; J%r. Ii., 23. HEED, HEEDSMAN 424 HERESY and mule, and (since those were rare) thething of greatest value which was common-ly possessed. Hence we find oxen almostalways mentioned if any mans property isspoken of. The full-grown ox was, and ishardly ever, slaughtered in Syria. Both forsacrificial and convivial purposes the younganimal was preferred, and is mentioned as aspecial dainty. The usefulness of the ox inplowing, threshing, and as a beast of bur-. A deformed Ox-berd. den, made such a slaughtering seem waste-ful ; nor, owing to the difficulties of grazingand fattening, is beef the product of an East-ern Herdsmen in Egypt seem tohave been the lowest caste; hence, as Jo-sephs kindred, through his position, werebrought into contact with the highest castes,they are described as an abomination. Ofthe accuracy of this description the precedingcut, representing a caricature found on the it supplying pasture ; for we find the tribesof Reuben and Gad specially mentioned aspossessing abundant herds, and, on that ac-count, desiring to have their inheritance inthe country on the east of the Jordan, whichwas a place for cattle. Half the tribe ofManasseh, also, was located in Bashan, whichwas well adapted for breeding cattle; andthe herds yielded milk, butte
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