Bible Verses About Beasts

`Only, this ye do not eat--of those bringing up the cud, and of those dividing the hoof--the camel, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof not dividing--it is unclean to you;

and the rabbit, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof it divideth not--unclean it is to you;

and the hare, though it is bringing up the cud, yet the hoof hath not divided--unclean it is to you;

and the sow, though it is dividing the hoof, and cleaving the cleft of the hoof, yet the cud it bringeth not up--unclean it is to you.

`Of their flesh ye do not eat, and against their carcase ye do not come--unclean they are to you.

and the ass seeth the messenger of Jehovah, and croucheth under Balaam, and the anger of Balaam burneth, and he smiteth the ass with a staff.

And Jehovah openeth the mouth of the ass, and she saith to Balaam, `What have I done to thee that thou hast smitten me these three times?'

and Balaam saith to the ass, `Because thou hast rolled thyself against me; oh that there were a sword in my hand, for now I had slain thee;'

and the ass saith unto Balaam, `Am not I thine ass, upon which thou hast ridden since I was thine unto this day? have I at all been accustomed to do to thee thus?' and he saith, `No.'

And Jehovah uncovereth the eyes of Balaam, and he seeth the messenger of Jehovah standing in the way, and his drawn sword in his hand, and he boweth and doth obeisance, to his face;

and the messenger of Jehovah saith unto him, `Wherefore hast thou smitten thine ass these three times? lo, I--I have come out for an adversary, for thy way hath been perverse before me,

Who hath sent forth the wild ass free? Yea, the bands of the wild ass who opened?

Whose house I have made the wilderness, And his dwellings the barren land,

He doth laugh at the multitude of a city, The cries of an exactor he heareth not.

The range of mountains is his pasture, And after every green thing he seeketh.

Dost thou give to the horse might? Dost thou clothe his neck with a mane?

Dost thou cause him to rush as a locust? The majesty of his snorting is terrible.

They dig in a valley, and he rejoiceth in power, He goeth forth to meet the armour.

He laugheth at fear, and is not affrighted, And he turneth not back from the face of the sword.

Against him rattle doth quiver, The flame of a spear, and a halbert.

With trembling and rage he swalloweth the ground, And remaineth not stedfast Because of the sound of a trumpet.

Among the trumpets he saith, Aha, And from afar he doth smell battle, Roaring of princes and shouting.

And man in honour doth not remain, He hath been like the beasts, they have been cut off.

This their way is folly for them, And their posterity with their sayings are pleased. Selah.

As sheep for Sheol they have set themselves, Death doth afflict them, And the upright rule over them in the morning, And their form is for consumption. Sheol is a dwelling for him.