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Cattle

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: C By: James P. Boyd

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(capital). Domestic bovine animals, as oxen, cows, bulls, and calves; also any livestock (Gen. 13:2²And Abram was very rich in cattle, in silver, and in gold. (Genesis 13:2); Ex. 12:29; 34:19²⁹And it came to pass, that at midnight the Lord smote all the firstborn in the land of Egypt, from the firstborn of Pharaoh that sat on his throne unto the firstborn of the captive that was in the dungeon; and all the firstborn of cattle. (Exodus 12:29)
¹⁹All that openeth the matrix is mine; and every firstling among thy cattle, whether ox or sheep, that is male. (Exodus 34:19); Num. 20:19; 32:16¹⁹And the children of Israel said unto him, We will go by the high way: and if I and my cattle drink of thy water, then I will pay for it: I will only, without doing any thing else, go through on my feet. (Numbers 20:19)
¹⁶And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones: (Numbers 32:16); Psa. 50:10¹⁰For every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. (Psalm 50:10); Job 1:3³His substance also was seven thousand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred yoke of oxen, and five hundred she asses, and a very great household; so that this man was the greatest of all the men of the east. (Job 1:3)). [BULL.]

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