Ox


"The wolf and the lamb shall graze together; the lion shall eat straw like the ox, and dust shall be the serpent's good. They shall not hurt or destroy in all my holy mountain," says the LORD. - Isaiah 65:25

Abram's wealth

After receiving the Abrahamic Covenant and learning about the Promised Land of Canaan, Abram traveled in Canaan until severe famine drove him to Egypt. In Egypt, he lied about Sarai being his sister. The princes praised her beauty to Pharaoh, so she was taken into Pharaoh's house. While deceived, he gave Abram sheep, oxen, male and female donkeys, male and female servants, and camels. (Genesis 12:16)

After realizing he had taken Abraham's wife as his own, Abimelech gave sheep, oxen, and male and female servants to Abraham, and he told Sarah, "Behold, I have given your brother a thousand pieces of silver. It is a sign of your innocence in the eyes of all who are with you, and before everyone you are vindicated."

(Genesis 20)

Abraham and Abimelech's covenant

When Abraham reproved Abimelech about the well his servants seized, Abimelech claimed ignorance. Abraham gave him sheep and oxen and made a covenant, setting 7 ewe lambs apart as witness that he dug this well. The place was called Beersheba.

(Genesis 21)

David builds an altar at the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite and refuses to offer oxen without paying a price for them

King David purchased the threshing floor of Araunah the Jebusite and oxen for fifty shekels of silver, for he would not offer burnt offerings that cost him nothing. The LORD responded to the plea for the land and David's burnt offerings and peace offerings, and the plague in Israel was averted. (2 Samuel 24:18-25)