Central to the OT sacrificial system, they were governed by strict laws within the Mosaic code.

Leviticus 20:25-26

Animals as defined by the Law of Moses

See also

Animals for food

Exodus 22:31
Leviticus 22:8
Deuteronomy 12:15-16,21; 14:3-8
Ezekiel 4:14; 44:31
Acts 10:9-14; 11:6; 15:19-20
Exodus 13:1-2

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Animals dedicated to the LORD

Leviticus 27:9-13,26-28,32-33
Numbers 18:15
Exodus 21:33-36; 22:10-15
Leviticus 24:18-21

Domestic animals

Exodus 22:19
Leviticus 19:19

Relationships with animals forbidden

Leviticus 11:39

Animal carcasses

Leviticus 1:1-2

Animals in the context of Israel's sacrificial system

Psalms 66:15

Used in various sacrifices

See also

Genesis 8:20
Leviticus 3:1
Numbers 7:87-88
Deuteronomy 16:2
2 Chronicles 29:32-33; 35:10-13
Malachi 1:8

See also

Animals forbidden as sacrifices

Leviticus 22:24-25
Deuteronomy 15:21
Malachi 1:13-14
Zephaniah 1:3

Animals in the context of judgment

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Involved in judgment

Genesis 6:7; 7:20-23
Exodus 9:22-25; 13:15

the flood

Psalms 135:8

The plagues of Egypt:

Jeremiah 9:10; 12:4; 50:3
Ezekiel 25:12-13
Joel 1:19-20
Habakkuk 2:17
Zechariah 14:15
Leviticus 26:21-22

See also

As agents of judgment

Ezekiel 33:27; 39:4,17-18
Daniel 4:31-32
Hosea 2:12

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4615 bull
4654 horn
4666 lion
4681 ram
4684 sheep
5375 law
5858 fat
7316 blood, OT sacrifices
7340 clean and unclean
7402 offerings
7435 sacrifice, in OT
9210 judgment, God's