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  2. Cattle in religion and mythology - Wikipedia

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    Cattle is rarely raised for meat; 58% of cattle in the country is used for draught animal power (DAP). [89] Few people eat beef, and there is a general dislike of beef (especially among the Bamar and Burmese Chinese ), [ 90 ] [ 91 ] although it is more commonly eaten in regional cuisines, particularly those of ethnic minorities like the Kachin ...

  3. Animals in the Bible - Wikipedia

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    The first class, the beasts, in the Biblical parlance, includes all large, walking animals, with the exception of the amphibia, such small animals as moles, mice and the like, [4] and humans as they were not classified as animals. Beasts are divided into cattle, or domesticated (behemoth in the strict sense), and beasts of the field, i.e. wild ...

  4. Biblical numerology - Wikipedia

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    Biblical numerology is the use of numerology in the Bible to convey a meaning outside of the numerical value of ... Io, Zech. 7.s), for cattle intended as a holocaust ...

  5. Fatted calf - Wikipedia

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    James Tissot's The Return of the Prodigal Son. Fatted calf is a metaphor or symbol of festive celebration and rejoicing for someone's long-awaited return. It derives from the Parable of the Prodigal Son in the New Testament.

  6. Golden calf - Wikipedia

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    There is a sharp contrast between the Quranic and the biblical accounts of the prophet Aaron's actions. The Quran mentions that Aaron attempted to guide and warn the people from worshipping the golden calf. However, the Israelites refused to stop until Moses had returned. [20] The righteous separated themselves from the pagans.

  7. Prohibition against slaughtering an animal and its offspring ...

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    The commandment is preceded by the instruction that a calf or lamb is only acceptable for sacrifice on the eighth day (22:26). [1] The Hebrew Bible uses the generic word for bull or cow (Hebrew: שור showr [2]), and the generic word for sheep and ewe (שה seh) and the masculine pronoun form in the verb "slaughter-him" (Hebrew shachat-u)

  8. List of cattle terminology - Wikipedia

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    In older English sources such as the King James Version of the Bible, cattle refers to livestock, as opposed to deer which refers to wildlife. Wild cattle may refer to feral cattle or to undomesticated species of the genus Bos. When used without a qualifier, the modern meaning of cattle is usually restricted to domesticated bovines. [15]

  9. Jabal (Bible) - Wikipedia

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    Francis Nigel Lee interprets Genesis 4:20 to mean that Jabal was both the "father of all cattle ranchers" and the "father of all tent-dwellers", and as such as the "pioneer of all livestock and agricultural technology" as well as the "pioneer of all architecture." Lee notes that Jabal was probably also a weaver, and thus "the pioneer of the ...