zorgblar Posted March 28, 2017 Group: Seeker Followers: 1 Topic Count: 154 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 356 Content Per Day: 0.10 Reputation: 124 Days Won: 0 Joined: 10/07/2014 Status: Offline Share Posted March 28, 2017 Did people ever have pets in the bible? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
simplejeff Posted March 28, 2017 Group: Mars Hill Followers: 12 Topic Count: 12 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 7,689 Content Per Day: 2.39 Reputation: 2 Days Won: 20 Joined: 06/30/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted March 28, 2017 Similar questions have come up the last few years, as people spend thousands on animals, yet neglect their own family and neighbors . This is quite widespread in the untied states. Even killing animals is considered worse than killing babies, and there are laws that make it seem so. Animals in the BIBLE are those useful for life, needed for producing food or being food , and YHWH gave instructions to care for the animals (even to feed them BEFORE feeding ones self, apparently).... But slaughtering animals from birds to oxen to LAMBS, was very common and expected and required. Like in america in the early years of white man's settling here, any animal that was a nuisance was (or could be) dispatched ..... simple. Now, animals are put on a pedestal , by society and governments (legally)..... It is truly a joyful thing to see animals give birth, whether a cow, or a litter of kittens or puppies - A WONDER TO BEHOLD ! Oh, when did sheep dogs start being used ? Perhaps those were some of the earliest pets. Cats, not so early on. Having any animal inside a house is a relatively recent phenomena, and may be very difficult to have even a cat or a dog inside a house and keep it clean.... (BIBLE "CLEAN") They seem to make wonderful companions sometimes, but sadly seems to take the place of "2 or 3 gathered together speaking of ME (YHWH/GOD) " .... Broken, separated families everywhere today.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deborah_ Posted March 28, 2017 Group: Senior Member Followers: 6 Topic Count: 13 Topics Per Day: 0.00 Content Count: 790 Content Per Day: 0.25 Reputation: 878 Days Won: 0 Joined: 07/07/2015 Status: Offline Share Posted March 28, 2017 The only one that springs to mind is the pet lamb in Nathan's parable (II Samuel 12:1-4) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Neighbor Posted March 29, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 951 Topics Per Day: 0.35 Content Count: 13,561 Content Per Day: 5.03 Reputation: 9,043 Days Won: 6 Joined: 12/04/2016 Status: Offline Birthday: 03/03/1885 Share Posted March 29, 2017 On 3/28/2017 at 0:54 PM, zorgblar said: Did people ever have pets in the bible? Seems to me ( also ) that it would be hard for King David to have understanding of Nathan's tale if there were not pets. Nathan's description of the animal killed is the description of an animal treated as a beloved pet, as family even. ..."And the Lord sent Nathan to David. He came to him and said to him, 'There were two men in a certain city, the one rich and the other poor. The rich man had very many flocks and herds, but the poor man had nothing but one little ewe lamb, which he had bought. And he brought it up, and it grew up with him and with his children. It used to eat of his morsel and drink from his cup and lie in his arms, and it was like a daughter to him. Now there came a traveler to the rich man, and he was unwilling to take one of his own flock or herd to prepare for the guest who had come to him, but he took the poor man's lamb and prepared it for the man who had come to him.' Then David's anger was greatly kindled against the man, and he said to Nathan, 'As the Lord lives, the man who has done this deserves to die,' " ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dennis1209 Posted March 29, 2017 Group: Worthy Ministers Followers: 18 Topic Count: 347 Topics Per Day: 0.13 Content Count: 7,460 Content Per Day: 2.70 Reputation: 5,375 Days Won: 1 Joined: 09/27/2016 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2017 What about the 'lions' on each side of King David's throne. I'd consider them pets. Jonah had a pet also for a few days Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HAZARD Posted March 29, 2017 Group: Royal Member Followers: 11 Topic Count: 320 Topics Per Day: 0.04 Content Count: 6,830 Content Per Day: 0.84 Reputation: 3,570 Days Won: 1 Joined: 02/16/2002 Status: Offline Share Posted March 29, 2017 On 29/03/2017 at 3:54 AM, zorgblar said: Did people ever have pets in the bible? I would say yes. One could assume this ewe lamb was a pet loved by the poor man and his children. 2 Samuel. 12:3, But the poor man had nothing, save one little ewe lamb, which he had bought and nourished up: and it grew up together with him, and with his children; it did eat of his own meat, and drank of his own cup, and lay in his bosom, and was unto him as a daughter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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