Who Are The Beasts of The Field? Part 1

In multiple places in the Bible there are references to the word “beast”, and, or, "Beasts Of The Field."

An example of this word and phrase that is germane to this particular post is the following: “But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth and cry mightily unto God.” Jonah 3:8. This verse says the word man and also refers to something called a beast that cover themselves with sackcloth. What is this beast that the Bible talks about?

There seems to be a natural tendency for the modern day Judeo-Christian to read right over the word “beast” and think it means cattle, or when specifically shown that it doesn't mean cattle they just simply dismiss it as being a descendant of Adam or in this particular case Israelites (Jonah was tasked to preach to the Israelites that were in the Assyrian captivity in Ninevah). When specifically referring to cattle in this verse, never in my lifetime, have I ever seen a four legged creature cover themselves in sackcloth and repent to God as in the story of Jonah. If referring to the Adamite man, or an Israelite, then all one has to do is read the book of Genesis to know that Adam was created in Chapter 2 of Genesis after the animals and other life forms were created during the 7 days of Chapter 1. Adam being separate from other life forms is exemplified in Genesis 5:1.

The distinguishing element in the Bible that demonstrates the separation between man and beast is when the Bible describes Adam. Man of course refers to the man Adam and his descendants (Strong's Concordance #119 and #120). The word Adam means to be be ruddy, show blood in the face, be fair skinned, or have the ability to blush.

This frame was taken from the Patterson Film of 1969 showing a random encounter with a Bigfoot. Is this the elusive beast mentioned many times in the Bible? I think not. I have a hard time believing that this Bigfoot creature even exists.

What are the words that the word beast translates from?

The words that are used to describe “beasts” in Hebrew are the words “Behemah” which means brute beast #929, “Beir” which also means brute beast, and “Chevya” which means a creature separate from Adam man #2423.

Examples of how these words are used are as follows...

Exodus 9:9 The Father caused boils to cover Egyptians and the beasts. One could use the argument that the Bible is talking about the Egyptian cattle that is overlooked and this is in the preceding verse #6 when all the cattle of the Egyptians were dead already. So from this we can take the idea that the beasts were not cattle and they were in Egypt with the Israelites.

Exodus 9:19 The Bible tells us that the beasts worked side by side with Israelite men in the field and the Israelites and beasts both had homes.

Exodus 11:5-7 Tells us that the first born of the beasts died as well as the first born of the Egyptians. The cattle again were dead and the Bible tells us that the beasts are separate from the Israelites.

Exodus 19:13 The beasts left Egypt with the Israelites and both were told not to touch the mountain with their hands. Notice he did not tell the beasts to not touch the mountain with their paws nor hooves, and they wouldn't have understood what Moses was talking about anyway. So the beasts understood simple directions and had hands.

Exodus 22:19 The Bible tells us that if an Israelite lay with a beast then they are to be put to death.

Leviticus 20:15-16 Tells us the same thing as above in Exodus 22:19, which is to not lay with a beast. The only difference here is that this verse states if you lay with a beast, then both the man and beast will be put to death. Both being put to death is proof that the man or woman as well as the beast knew what they were doing was wrong. An example of this particular law being enforced can be found in Numbers Chapter 25. This concept is totally different then a man or woman with a quadruped animal.

Jeremiah 31:27 As a sign in the last days, the beasts will be mixing their seed with the seed of man, which is the definition of the word of miscegenation. So we know the beasts seed can be mixed with seed of the Israelite.

Exodus 23:29 When the Israelites entered Canaan land, the Father refused to completely empty out the land for the Israelites, otherwise the “Beasts of the field” would multiply against them. The Bible could not have been talking about lions or such because there were approximately 3 million Israelites coming with Moses to Canaan land. The few lions or so would not have been a problem for millions of Israelites to take care of, unless of course we are talking about beasts that could conduct raids on the Israelite encampments and attack Israelites in a concerted effort. So the beasts of the field can multiply and force the Israelites out of their own land.

Continued in Who Are The Beasts of The Field? Part 2