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Partridge — Partridges are mentioned three times in the Bible: 1 Kings 26:20, Jeremiah 17:11, and Sirach 11:30 (in the Apocrypha). Francolins and sand partridges are found in the Holy Land. Peacock — A common translation of תֻּכִּיִּים ( tukkiyyîm ), mentioned in 1 Kings 10:22 and 2 Chronicles 9:21 as an import from Tarshish ...
A horse has forelegs and hind legs. It has two hind legs. Fore plus two hind is six, thus it has six legs; Six is an odd number of legs for a horse to have; But the number must also be even! The only number which is both even and odd is infinity (note: strictly speaking, infinity is not a number but...) Therefore, a horse has an infinite number ...
Chronological predictions: Daniel predicts several times the length of time that must elapse until the coming of the Kingdom of God. A prophecy of Jeremiah is reinterpreted so that "70 years" means "70 weeks of years", and the last half of the last "week" is defined as "a time, times, and half a time", then as 2,300 "evenings and mornings ...
The rider of the second horse is often taken to represent War [4] (he is often pictured holding a sword upwards as though ready for battle) [31] or mass slaughter. [2] [9] [32] His horse's colour is red (πυρρός, purrhós from πῦρ, fire), and in some translations, the colour
Rendering chariot-horses lame by hamstringing is mentioned in the Book of Joshua in the Bible (the King James Version uses the term "houghing", [7] from an old spelling of hock). In times of war, hamstringing an enemy's horses prevented the horses from being used in fighting.
The ideal horse has legs which are straight, correctly set and symmetrical. Correct angles of major bones, clean, well-developed joints and tendons, and well-shaped, properly-proportioned hooves are also necessary for ideal conformation. [25] "No legs, no horse" [20] and "no hoof, no horse" [26] are common sayings in
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Sleipnir is born with an extra set of legs, thus representing an original pair of horses. Like Freyr and Njörðr , Sleipnir is responsible for carrying the dead to the otherworld." The encyclopedia cites parallels between the birth of Sleipnir and myths originally pointing to a Celtic goddess who gave birth to the Divine horse twins.