Genesis 31:39 Cross References

Genesis 31:39

39: If any were attacked and killed by wild animals, did I show them to you and ask you to reduce the count of your flock? No, I took the loss! You made me pay for every animal stolen from the flocks, whether the loss was my fault or not.

Exodus 22:31

  1. "You are my own holy people. Therefore, do not eat any animal that has been attacked and killed by a wild animal. Throw its carcass out for the dogs to eat.

Luke 2:8

  1. That night some shepherds were in the fields outside the village, guarding their flocks of sheep.

Leviticus 22:8

  1. The priests may never eat an animal that has died a natural death or has been torn apart by wild animals, for this would defile them. I am the LORD.

Exodus 22:10

  1. "Now suppose someone asks a neighbor to care for a donkey, ox, sheep, or any other animal, but it dies or is injured or gets away, and there is no eyewitness to report just what happened.
  2. The neighbor must then take an oath of innocence in the presence of the LORD. The owner must accept the neighbor's word, and no payment will be required.
  3. But if the animal or property was stolen, payment must be made to the owner.
  4. If it was attacked by a wild animal, the carcass must be shown as evidence, and no payment will be required.

1 Samuel 17:34

  1. But David persisted. "I have been taking care of my father's sheep," he said. "When a lion or a bear comes to steal a lamb from the flock,
  2. I go after it with a club and take the lamb from its mouth. If the animal turns on me, I catch it by the jaw and club it to death.

John 10:12

  1. A hired hand will run when he sees a wolf coming. He will leave the sheep because they aren't his and he isn't their shepherd. And so the wolf attacks them and scatters the flock.
  2. The hired hand runs away because he is merely hired and has no real concern for the sheep.
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