Encyclopedia entry
Animal
An organized living creature endowed with sensation. The Levitical law divided animals into clean and unclean, although the distinction seems to have existed before the Flood (Gen. 7:2). The clean could be offered in sacrifice and eaten. All animals that had not cloven hoofs and did not chew the cud were unclean. The list of clean and unclean quadrupeds is set forth in the Levitical law (Deut. 14:3-20; Lev. 11).
In the Bible
64
Verses where Animal is named. Berean Standard Bible (public domain).
- Daniel 8:4
I saw the ram charging toward the west and the north and the south. No animal could stand against him, and there was no deliverance from his power. He did as he pleased and became great.
- Deuteronomy 14:6
You may eat any animal that has a split hoof divided in two and that chews the cud.
- Deuteronomy 15:21
But if an animal has a defect, is lame or blind, or has any serious flaw, you must not sacrifice it to the LORD your God.
- Deuteronomy 16:5
You are not to sacrifice the Passover animal in any of the towns that the LORD your God is giving you.
- Deuteronomy 22:2
If your brother does not live near you, or if you do not know who he is, you are to take the animal home to remain with you until your brother comes seeking it; then you can return it to him.
- Deuteronomy 27:21
‘Cursed is he who lies with any animal.’ And let all the people say, ‘Amen!’
+58 more verses naming Animal.
Scripture on Animal
35
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- Exodus 21Leviticus 20Leviticus 22Genesis 37Exodus 9Leviticus 1Leviticus 24Deuteronomy 14Nehemiah 2Genesis 6Genesis 8Genesis 43Leviticus 3Leviticus 5Leviticus 17Leviticus 18Deuteronomy 15Deuteronomy 16Deuteronomy 22Deuteronomy 27Job 39Proverbs 12Ecclesiastes 3Isaiah 46Ezekiel 44Daniel 8Malachi 1Luke 10Hebrews 12James 3
Animal references
1
Voices on Animal
24
Surfaced by name match — accuracy varies by title clarity.
Sources · Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897)
Public-domain text. Modernized only where archaic spelling impedes reading; original facts preserved. Verify against an authoritative modern reference before quoting.