Animals in the Bible
This unclean animal spoke to Balaam after seeing an angel blocking the road, rebuking him for beating it.
What is a donkey?
Numbers 22:21-35
This man's wife turned into a pillar of salt for looking back at Sodom during their escape.
Who is Lot?
Genesis 19:26
This Philistine city was home to Goliath and where David feigned madness to escape King Achish.
What is Gath?
1 Samuel 17:4; 21:10-15
This prophet saw a vision of the Lord on a throne with seraphim and was cleansed by a coal from the altar.
Who is Isaiah?
Isaiah 6:1-8
This color of the tabernacle curtains symbolized heaven and divinity, as in the high priest's ephod.
What is blue?
Exodus 25:4; 28:31
These insects plagued Egypt as the eighth plague, devouring crops and filling houses; they also symbolize divine judgment in Revelation.
What are locusts?
Exodus 10:12-15; Revelation 9:3-11
This man was swallowed by a great fish for fleeing God's call to Nineveh, spending three days in its belly.
Who is Jonah?
Jonah 1:17–2:10
This Moabite city was where Ruth gleaned in Boaz's fields; it's the birthplace of David.
What is Bethlehem?
Ruth 1:19-22; Micah 5:2
This prophet was called as a youth, told God knew him before forming in the womb; he resisted as too young.
Who is Jeremiah?
Jeremiah 1:4-10
This royal color adorned the tabernacle and Mordecai's robes, signifying wealth and authority.
What is purple?
Exodus 25:4; Esther 8:15
This massive sea creature (or chaos monster) is described in Job as untamable by humans, symbolizing God's sovereign power over creation.
What is Leviathan?
Job 41:1-34; Psalm 74:14
This couple died instantly after lying to the Holy Spirit about the price of their land sale, as judgment for hypocrisy.
Who are Ananias and Sapphira?
Acts 5:1-11
This ancient Mesopotamian city was Abraham's birthplace before God's call; later a Chaldean center.
What is Ur?
Genesis 11:28-31
This prophet ate a scroll sweet as honey but bitter in his stomach, commissioning him to prophesy to nations.
Who is Ezekiel?
Ezekiel 2:8–3:3
This color represented atonement and sacrifice, as in the thread on Rahab's window or the heifer's ashes.
What is red (or scarlet)?
Joshua 2:18; Numbers 19:2-6
These birds fed Elijah by the brook Cherith during drought, bringing bread and meat morning and evening.
What are ravens?
1 Kings 17:4-6
This king was eaten by worms while accepting worship as a god, for not giving glory to God.
Who is Herod Agrippa I?
Acts 12:21-23
This Canaanite city tricked Joshua into a peace treaty by pretending to be from a distant land; as punishment for the deception, its people were cursed to be woodcutters and water carriers for Israel.
What is Gibeon?
Joshua 9:3-27; 10:10-14
This prophet was called from herding sheep and tending sycamores to prophesy against Israel's injustice.
Who is Amos?
Amos 7:14-15
This pure color symbolized righteousness and holiness, as in the fine linen of saints or transfigured Jesus' clothes.
What is white?
Revelation 19:8; Matthew 17:2
This colossal, grass-eating beast described in Job has bones like tubes of bronze, limbs like bars of iron, a tail stiff like a cedar, and a navel in its belly; God uses it to humble Job by asking if he can capture or tame it.
What is Behemoth?
Job 40:15-24
This judge's daughter was sacrificed due to his rash vow to offer whatever came out first if God granted victory over Ammon.
Who is Jephthah?
Judges 11:30-39
This Phoenician port city allied with David and Solomon but, was judged by prophets for pride and slave trade.
What is Tyre?
Ezekiel 26-28; 1 Kings 5:1-12
This prophet hid in a cave after Carmel, hearing God's still small voice after wind, earthquake, and fire.
Who is Elijah?
1 Kings 19:9-18
This color of sackcloth signified mourning and repentance, as worn by Ninevites or in apocalyptic locust plagues.
What is black?
Jonah 3:5-8; Revelation 6:5-6, 12