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The Bible’s Teachings
The Bible s Teachings on Protecting Animals and Nature32who hates you lying under its bur-den, you shall refrain from leavinghim with it, you shall help him tolift it up (Exodus23:4-5).The Ten Com-mandments specifi-cally mentions thatcattle and donkeysmust not be workedon the Sabbath. Inthe twenty-thirdchapter of Exodus,several animal-pro-tection statutes aregiven by God toMoses: Six daysyou shall do yourwork, but on the seventh day youshall rest; that your ox and yourass may have rest .. (Exodus23:12). Similarly, the seventhday is a sabbath to the Lord yourGod; in it you shall not do anywork, you, or your son .. or yourox, or your ass, or any of your cattle (Deuteronomy 5:14).God also commands that everyseventh year one should not sowor harvest the land, the vineyards,and the olive groves. They shouldbe allowed to rest and lie fallow (Exodus 23:11). God commandsthat what grows naturally in thefields left fallow in the seventhyear shall be for oneself, one s ser-vants, one s guests, and for yourcattle and also for the beasts thatare in your land all its yield shallbe for food (Leviticus 25:4-7).
nificance in the story of Jesus beginning his life among the ani-mals (Luke 2:7). Denied shelter and lodging by the humans of Bethlehem in Judea, Mary and Joseph were forced to use a manger for Jesus’ birthplace. There, Jesus was born, presumably in the com-pany of such creatures as donkeys, oxen, cows, and sheep. Jesus’ appreciation for ...
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