But God remembered ¹  Noah and all the wild animals and domestic animals that were with him in the ark. God caused a wind to blow over ²  the earth and the waters receded.

If he said, ¹  ‘The speckled animals ²  will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

For the fate of humans ¹  and the fate of animals are the same: As one dies, so dies the other; both have the same breath. There is no advantage for humans over animals, for both are fleeting.

They will all be left ¹  for the birds of the hills and the wild animals; ²  the birds will eat them during the summer, and all the wild animals will eat them during the winter.

“For this is what the sovereign Lord says: How much worse will it be when I send my four terrible judgments – sword, famine, wild animals, and plague – to Jerusalem ¹  to kill both people and animals!

Pharaoh said to Joseph, “Say to your brothers, ‘Do this: Load your animals and go ¹  to the land of Canaan!

your cattle, and the wild animals that are in your land – all its produce will be for you ¹  to eat.

They slaughtered the Passover lambs and the priests splashed the blood, ¹  while the Levites skinned the animals.

Who really knows if the human spirit ¹  ascends upward, and the animal’s spirit descends into the earth?

When you enter my presence, do you actually think I want this – animals trampling on my courtyards? ¹ 

Not even Lebanon could supply enough firewood for a sacrifice; ¹  its wild animals would not provide enough burnt offerings. ² 

I will kill everything living in Jerusalem, ¹  people and animals alike! They will die from terrible diseases.

You made people like fish in the sea, like animals in the sea ¹  that have no ruler.

God said, “Let the land produce living creatures according to their kinds: cattle, creeping things, and wild animals, each according to its kind.” ¹  It was so.

When ¹  the magicians attempted ²  to bring forth gnats by their secret arts, they could not. So there were gnats on people and on animals.

“You will be holy ¹  people to me; you must not eat any meat torn by animals in the field. ²  You must throw it to the dogs.

I will not drive them out before you in one year, lest the land become desolate and the wild animals ¹  multiply against you.

And you must not eat any blood of the birds or the domesticated land animals in any of the places where you live. ¹ 

“Tell the Israelites: ‘This is the kind of creature you may eat from among all the animals ¹  that are on the land.

You may eat any among the animals that has a divided hoof (the hooves are completely split in two ¹ ) and that also chews the cud. ²