Care Of Animals

`Thou dost not see the ass of thy brother, or his ox, falling in the way, and hast hid thyself from them; thou dost certainly raise <FI>them<Fi> up with him.

And God blesseth them, and God saith to them, `Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the earth, and subdue it, and rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over every living thing that is creeping upon the earth.'

The righteous knoweth the life of his beast, And the mercies of the wicked <FI>are<Fi> cruel.

Know well the face of thy flock, Set thy heart to the droves,

Good <FI>is<Fi> Jehovah to all, And His mercies <FI>are<Fi> over all His works.

`Thou dost not muzzle an ox in its threshing.

all things I did shew you, that, thus labouring, it behoveth <FI>us<Fi> to partake with the ailing, to be mindful also of the words of the Lord Jesus, that he himself said, It is more blessed to give than to receive.'

`Are not two sparrows sold for an assar? and one of them shall not fall on the ground without your Father;

And God saith, `Let Us make man in Our image, according to Our likeness, and let them rule over fish of the sea, and over fowl of the heavens, and over cattle, and over all the earth, and over every creeping thing that is creeping on the earth.'

See that no one shall be carrying you away as spoil through the philosophy and vain deceit, according to the deliverance of men, according to the rudiments of the world, and not according to Christ,

when thou seest the ass of him who is hating thee crouching under its burden, then thou hast ceased from leaving <FI>it<Fi> to it--thou dost certainly leave <FI>it<Fi> with him.

and the seventh day <FI>is<Fi> a Sabbath to Jehovah thy God; thou dost not do any work, thou, and thy son, and thy daughter, thy man-servant, and thy handmaid, and thy cattle, and thy sojourner who is within thy gates, --

It hath been exacted, and he hath answered, And he openeth not his mouth, As a lamb to the slaughter he is brought, And as a sheep before its shearers is dumb, And he openeth not his mouth.