Dictionary of Bible Themes Dictionary of Bible Themes » 4000 Creation » 4600 Living beings » 4615 bull Bulls were particularly prized as sacrifices on account of their considerable value. The sacrifice of a bull was especially associated with the sin offering. Bulls offered as sacrifices Exodus 29:36; 2 Samuel 6:12-13; Acts 14:13 Also used in pagan sacrifices. See also Numbers 23:1-4; Job 42:7-8; Psalm 66:15; Hebrews 9:13 Instructions for the offering of a bull Leviticus 4:13-21 See also Leviticus 1:3-9 Bulls sacrificed on significant occasions Numbers 28:16-20 The Passover. See also Exodus 24:4-5 the covenant confirmed; Exodus 29:10-14; Leviticus 9:2; Leviticus 16:11-14 the Day of Atonement; Numbers 8:5-12; Numbers 29:12-13; 1 Samuel 1:24; 1 Chronicles 15:25-26; 1 C 21-22; 2 Chronicles 29:20-24; Ezra 6:9-10; Ezra 8:35; Ezekiel 43:19-27; Ezekiel 45:18-24 Godly sacrifices in contrast to pagan ones 1 Kings 18:22-24 See also Judges 6:25-28 Even the sacrifice of bulls invalid without the spiritual conditions being fulfilled Psalm 69:30-31; Isaiah 1:11 See also Psalm 50:9,13; Isaiah 66:3; Hosea 12:11 Provisional nature of the OT sin offering of a bull The bull as a symbol of strength Deuteronomy 33:17 See also Psalm 22:12; Psalm 68:30 Laws concerning bulls Bulls in the design of the temple 1 Kings 7:25-29 pp 2 Chronicles 4:3-4; 2 Kings 16:17; Jeremiah 52:20 Bulls in the setting of judgment Bulls and idolatry See also
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