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Cattle Scripture - Deuteronomy 5:14

But the seventh day [is] the sabbath of the LORD thy God: [in it] thou shalt not do any work, thou, nor thy son, nor thy daughter, nor thy manservant, nor thy maidservant, nor thine ox, nor thine ass, nor any of thy cattle, nor thy stranger that [is] within thy gates; that thy manservant and thy maidservant may rest as well as thou....

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Cattle Scripture - Joshua 8:2

And thou shalt do to Ai and her king as thou didst unto Jericho and her king: only the spoil thereof, and the cattle thereof, shall ye take for a prey unto yourselves: lay thee an ambush for the city behind it....

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Burial in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

ber'-i-al (qebhurah; compare New Testament to entaphidsai): I. IMMEDIATE BURIAL CONSIDERED URGENT 1. Reasons for This 2. The Burial of Jesus 3. The Usual Time 4. Duties of Next of Kin II. PREPARATIONS FOR BURIAL 1. Often Informal and Hasty 2. Usually with More Ceremony 3. Contrasts between Jewish Customs and Other Peoples' (1) Cremation (2) Embalmi...

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Burial Scripture - Acts 8:2

And devout men carried Stephen [to his burial], and made great lamentation over him....

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Camels Scripture - 1 Chronicles 5:21

And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand....

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Camels Scripture - Job 1:3

His 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....

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Cat Scripture - Isaiah 34:14

The wild beasts of the desert shall also meet with the wild beasts of the island, and the satyr shall cry to his fellow; the screech owl also shall rest there, and find for herself a place of rest....

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Cattle Scripture - Deuteronomy 30:9

And the LORD thy God will make thee plenteous in every work of thine hand, in the fruit of thy body, and in the fruit of thy cattle, and in the fruit of thy land, for good: for the LORD will again rejoice over thee for good, as he rejoiced over thy fathers:...

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Chariots in the Bible Encyclopedia - ISBE

char'-i-ot (merkabh, merkabhah, "riding-chariot," rekhebh, "war-chariot"; harma): 1. Chariots of Egypt 2. Chariots of the Canaanites 3. Chariots of Solomon and Later Kings 4. Chariots of the Assyrians 5. Chariots of Chaldeans, Persians, Greeks 6. In the New Testament 7. Figurative Use LITERATURE 1. Chariots of Egypt: It is to the chariots of anci...

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Burial in Naves Topical Bible

Rites of Jer 34:5 -Soon after death De 21:23; Jos 8:29; Joh 19:38-42; Ac 5:9,10 -With spices 2Ch 16:14; Mr 16:1; Lu 23:56 -Bier (coffin) used at 2Sa 3:31; Lu 7:14 -Attended by relatives and friends Of Jacob Ge 50:5-9 Abner 2Sa 3:31 Child of Jeroboam 1Ki 14:13 The son of the widow of Nain Lu 7:12,13 Stephen Ac 8:2 -Lack of, a disg...

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