Bible Verses About Beasts

But you are not to eat those that only chew the cud or only have a separate hoof. For example, the camel, the coney and the hare are unclean for you, because they chew the cud but don't have a separate hoof;

And the coney, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

And the hare, because he cheweth the cud, but divideth not the hoof; he is unclean unto you.

while the pig is unclean for you, because, although it has a separate and completely divided hoof, it doesn't chew the cud.

You are not to eat meat from these or touch their carcasses; they are unclean for you.

Again the donkey saw the angel of ADONAI and lay down under Bil'am, which made him so angry that he hit the donkey with his stick.

But ADONAI enabled the donkey to speak, and it said to Bil'am, "What have I done to you to make you beat me these three times?"

Bil'am said to the donkey, "It's because you've been making a fool of me! I wish I had a sword in my hand; I would kill you on the spot!"

The donkey said to Bil'am, "I'm your donkey, right? You've ridden me all your life, right? Have I ever treated you like this before?""No," he admitted.

Then ADONAI opened Bil'am's eyes, so that he could see the angel of ADONAI standing in the way with his drawn sword in his hand, and he bowed his head and fell on his face.

The angel of ADONAI said to him, "Why did you hit your donkey three times like that? I have come out here to bar your way, because you are rushing to oppose me.

"Who lets the wild donkey roam freely? Who sets the wild donkey loose from its shackles?

I made the 'Aravah its home, the salty desert its place to live.

It scorns the noise of the city and hears no driver's shouts.

It ranges over the hills for its pasture, searching for anything green.

"Did you give the horse its strength? Did you clothe its neck with a mane?

Did you make him able to leap like a locust? Its majestic snorting is frightening!

It paws with force and exults with vigor, then charges into the battle;

mocking at fear, unafraid, it does not shy away from the sword.

The [rider's] quiver rattles over it, [his] gleaming spear and javelin.

Frenzied and eager, it devours the ground, scarcely believing the shofar has sounded.

At the sound of the shofar it whinnies; as from afar it scents the battle, the roar of the chiefs and the shouting.

But people, even rich ones, will live only briefly; then, like animals, they will die.

This is the manner of life of the foolish and those who come after, approving their words. (Selah)

Like sheep, they are destined for Sh'ol; death will be their shepherd. The upright will rule them in the morning; and their forms will waste away in Sh'ol, until they need no dwelling.