INDEX. ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE PART I.-CLEAN ANIMALS. The Ox, Heifer, Bull, Cow, Sheep, Ram, and Lamb The Leopard, Bear, Badger, Ferret, Weasel, Mouse, Coney, Hare, Wolf, Unicorn, Behemoth, Swine, Fox, Dog The Dove, Quail, Sparrow, Swallow, Cock and Hen, Partridge, Crane 104 PART II.-UNCLEAN. The Eagle, Ossifrage, Ospray, Vulture, Kite, Hawk, Questions on Birds INSECTS OF THE BIBLE PART I. The Ant, Bee, Beetle, Locust, Gnat, Flea, Maggot PAGE 129 163 171 The Caterpillar, Cankerworm, Earth-worm, Fly, Questions on Insects REPTILES OF THE BIBLE The Chameleon, Lizard, Tortoise, Snail, Frog, Horse-leech, Scorpion, Adder, Cockatrice, Dra- 202 225 231 TREES OF THE BIBLE PART I. PAGE 305 The Almond, Bay, Juniper, Chestnut (or Plane Tree) 317 PART II. The Bramble, Mustard Tree, Vine, Lign Aloe, Almug, Cypress, Ash PART III. The Cedar, Apple, Box, Kharûb, Myrtle, Fig PART IV. The Teil, Fir, Pine, Oak, Sycamore, Willow, Shittah, Pomegranate, Olive, Palm Questions on Trees PRECIOUS STONES OF THE BIBLE The Diamond, Sapphire, Topaz, Emerald, Ruby, Questions on Precious Stones 369 401 419 423 449 Quails in the Israelites' Camp An Eagle stirring up her nest Samson finding the Bees in the carcase of the Lion Stages of Butterfly Life Scorpion and Horse-Leech Queen Cleopatra and the Asp Jonah cast into the Sea ... 113 ... ... David and his Army waiting the rustling of the Mul ANIMALS OF THE BIBLE. THERE are many animals mentioned in the Bible, and these of very different kinds. There are tame and wild, clean and unclean animals; some of them are gentle and useful servants to man, others are destructive and fierce, and occasionally used by God for the purpose of punishing wicked people for their sins. God did not create animals until the sixth day (Gen. i. 24, 25), just before He formed man in His own image. God did not make the beasts, birds, and fishes, alone for the service of man, but for His own praise and glory, as you may read in Psalm cxlviii. 10. All the beasts, whether wild or tame, belong to God: He says, speaking by His Spirit, in one of the psalms, "Every beast of the forest is mine, and the cattle upon a thousand hills. I know all the fowls of the mountains, and the wild beasts of the field are mine. If I were hungry, I would not tell thee; B |