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thousand seven hundred and twenty asses; but these be-
longed to moge than one person. In his wars with the
Midianites, Joshua is said to have taken “ threescore and
one thousand asses.” Job possessed five hundred she-asses
before his misfortunes, and twice that number after his
restoration to prosperity. These, with his “seven thou-
sand sheep, and three thousand camels, and five hundred |
yoke of oxen,” might well entitle Job to be called “the
greatest of all the men of the East;” and the whole of
this description of pastoral life bears a great resemblance to
that of an Arabian Emir in the present day, though the
riches of Job greatly surpassed those of a modern Arabian
prince. In the time of the prophet Zechariah we find horses
had become common amongst the Jews, for it was then
considered a mark of humility to ride on an ass, as is inti-
mated by the prophecy, afterwards fulfilled by Christ when
entering Jerusalem: “ Rejoice greatly, O daughter of Sion ;
shout, O daughter of Jerusalem: behold thy king cometh
unto thee : he is just, and having salvation, lowly, and riding
upon an ass, and upon a colt, the foal of an ass.” Thus,

animals is in 2 Samuel xiii: “Then all the king’s sons arose, and every man
gat him upon his mule and fled.” And when Solomon was anointed king
during his father’s life-time, he was mounted on the king’s own mule:
“* Cause Selomon, my son, to ride upon mine own seule.”