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James P. Boyd
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(high-bullock). Red heifers sacrificial (
Num. 19:10
10
And he that gathereth the ashes of the heifer shall wash his clothes, and be unclean until the even: and it shall be unto the children of Israel, and unto the stranger that sojourneth among them, for a statute for ever. (Numbers 19:10)
). Frequent source of metaphor (
Judg. 14:18
18
And the men of the city said unto him on the seventh day before the sun went down, What is sweeter than honey? and what is stronger than a lion? And he said unto them, If ye had not plowed with my heifer, ye had not found out my riddle. (Judges 14:18)
;
Isa. 15:5
5
My heart shall cry out for Moab; his fugitives shall flee unto Zoar, an heifer of three years old: for by the mounting up of Luhith with weeping shall they go it up; for in the way of Horonaim they shall raise up a cry of destruction. (Isaiah 15:5)
;
Jer. 46:20
20
Egypt is like a very fair heifer, but destruction cometh; it cometh out of the north. (Jeremiah 46:20)
;
Hos. 4:16
16
For Israel slideth back as a backsliding heifer: now the Lord will feed them as a lamb in a large place. (Hosea 4:16)
).
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