276. Animals Petted

Narrator: Chris Genthree
2 Samuel 12:3  •  1 min. read  •  grade level: 7
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There is a beautiful touch of nature about this; for though uttered in a parable the words are in truthful accordance with Eastern manners.
Bochart says that anciently not only lambs, but other animals, were by many persons allowed to eat with them at their tables, and to lie with them in their beds. The Arabs of today keep pet lambs as we keep lap-dogs.