Mule, The

The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.

• Genesis 36:24Torrey First mention of

  And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.

• Leviticus 19:19Torrey THE JEWS — Forbidden to breed

  ¶ Ye shall keep my statutes. Thou shalt not let thy cattle gender with a diverse kind: thou shalt not sow thy field with mingled seed: neither shall a garment mingled of linen and woollen come upon thee.

• 2 Samuel 13:29Torrey USED FOR — Riding, by persons of distinction

  And the servants of Absalom did unto Amnon as Absalom had commanded. Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man gat him up upon his mule, and fled.

• 2 Samuel 18:9Torrey USED FOR — Riding, by persons of distinction

  ¶ And Absalom met the servants of David. And Absalom rode upon a mule, and the mule went under the thick boughs of a great oak, and his head caught hold of the oak, and he was taken up between the heaven and the earth; and the mule that was under him went…

• 1 Kings 1:33Torrey USED FOR — Riding, by persons of distinction

  The king also said unto them, Take with you the servants of your lord, and cause Solomon my son to ride upon mine own mule, and bring him down to Gihon:

• 1 Kings 4:28Torrey Food of

  Barley also and straw for the horses and dromedaries brought they unto the place where the officers were, every man according to his charge.

• 1 Kings 10:25Torrey Often given as tribute

  And they brought every man his present, vessels of silver, and vessels of gold, and garments, and armour, and spices, horses, and mules, a rate year by year.

• 1 Kings 18:5Torrey Food of

  And Ahab said unto Obadiah, Go into the land, unto all fountains of water, and unto all brooks: peradventure we may find grass to save the horses and mules alive, that we lose not all the beasts.

• 2 Kings 5:17Torrey USED FOR — Carrying burdens

  And Naaman said, Shall there not then, I pray thee, be given to thy servant two mules’ burden of earth? for thy servant will henceforth offer neither burnt offering nor sacrifice unto other gods, but unto the LORD.

• 1 Chronicles 12:40Torrey USED FOR — Carrying burdens

  Moreover they that were nigh them, even unto Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought bread on asses, and on camels, and on mules, and on oxen, and meat, meal, cakes of figs, and bunches of raisins, and wine, and oil, and oxen, and sheep abundantly: for…

• Ezra 2:66Torrey THE JEWS — Brought many, from Babylon

  Their horses were seven hundred thirty and six; their mules, two hundred forty and five;

• Esther 8:10Torrey USED FOR — Conveying posts and messengers

  And he wrote in the king Ahasuerus’ name, and sealed it with the king’s ring, and sent letters by posts on horseback, and riders on mules, camels, and young dromedaries: