| The Cow is mentioned 34 in the Bible and four times in | | | | they said, "The people have become hungry and tired |
| the Quran. | | | | and thirsty in the desert." |
| The Cow in the Bible: | | | | Their cows calve and do not miscarry |
| The lion will eat straw like the ox. | | | | Job 21:10 |
| Isaiah 11:7 | | | | Their bulls never fail to breed; their cows calve and do |
| The cow will feed with the bear, their young will lie | | | | not miscarry. |
| down together, and the lion will eat straw like the ox. | | | | The two cows did a good favor but the people |
| I will let you bake your bread over cow manure | | | | sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. |
| instead of human excrement." | | | | 1 Samuel 6:7 |
| Ezekiel 4:15 | | | | "Now then, get a new cart ready, with two cows that |
| "Very well," he said, "I will let you bake your bread over | | | | have calved and have never been yoked. Hitch the |
| cow manure instead of human excrement." | | | | cows to the cart, but take their calves away and pen |
| The Lord will use a razor hired from beyond the River | | | | them up. |
| I wonder why the Lord uses a razor hired from | | | | 1 Samuel 6:10 |
| beyond the River. Why He does not have a razor? | | | | So they did this. They took two such cows and |
| Isaiah 7:20 & 21 | | | | hitched them to the cart and penned up their calves. |
| 20- In that day the Lord will use a razor hired from | | | | 1 Samuel 6:12 |
| beyond the River the king of Assyria to shave your | | | | Then the cows went straight up toward Beth |
| head and the hair of your legs, and to take off your | | | | Shemesh, keeping on the road and lowing all the way; |
| beards also. | | | | they did not turn to the right or to the left. The rulers of |
| 21- In that day, a man will keep alive a young cow and | | | | the Philistines followed them as far as the border of |
| two goats. | | | | Beth Shemesh. |
| Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on | | | | 1 Samuel 6:14 |
| the same day. | | | | The cart came to the field of Joshua of Beth |
| Leviticus 22:28 | | | | Shemesh, and there it stopped beside a large rock. |
| Do not slaughter a cow or a sheep and its young on | | | | The people chopped up the wood of the cart and |
| the same day. | | | | sacrificed the cows as a burnt offering to the LORD. |
| A part of Jacob's gift to his brother was 40 cows | | | | "The cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women |
| Genesis 32:15 | | | | who oppress the poor and crush the needy and say |
| Thirty female camels with their young, forty cows and | | | | to your husbands" is a symbol of Israel? |
| ten bulls, and twenty female donkeys and ten male | | | | Amos 4:1 |
| donkeys. | | | | [Israel Has Not Returned to God] Hear this word, you |
| If they (the cows) are driven hard just one day, all the | | | | cows of Bashan on Mount Samaria, you women who |
| animals will die. | | | | oppress the poor and crush the needy and say to |
| Scientifically, this is not true. | | | | your husbands, "Bring us some drinks!" |
| Genesis 33:13 | | | | The Cow in the Quran: |
| But Jacob said to him, "My lord knows that the children | | | | The Story of revival of the killed Israelite: |
| are tender and that I must care for the ewes and | | | | One Israelite was found killed. All the Israelites gathered |
| cows that are nursing their young. If they are driven | | | | around Moses asking him to find out who killed the |
| hard just one day, all the animals will die. | | | | man. Moses asked Allah. Allah commanded the |
| The Pharaoh's dream of the fat cows and the seven | | | | Israelites to slaughter a cow, any cow. The Israelites |
| lean cows. | | | | yelled at Moses: are you fooling! Moses said this is |
| Genesis 41:2 | | | | Allah's command. Then they ask about the cow age, |
| When out of the river there came up seven cows, | | | | color, marital status and they made it difficult to find out |
| sleek and fat, and they grazed among the reeds. | | | | such a cow. Finally they did. Allah commanded Moses |
| Genesis 41:3 | | | | to lightly knock the killed man with a part of the |
| After them, seven other cows, ugly and gaunt, came | | | | slaughtered cow. The killed man woke up and told |
| up out of the Nile and stood beside those on the | | | | them who killed him. |
| riverbank. | | | | This story has some deep theological significance; |
| Genesis 41:4 | | | | Allah showed up to the Israelites that 1) the cow is a |
| And the cows that were ugly and gaunt ate up the | | | | sign for Allah the Creator, 2) the cow is by no means |
| seven sleek, fat cows. Then Pharaoh woke up. | | | | a god and 3) Allah is able to woke-up the dead. This is |
| Genesis 41:18 | | | | because the Israelites worshiped the cow and the ox |
| When out of the river there came up seven cows, fat | | | | and considered the cow a god. Also, the Israelites |
| and sleek, and they grazed among the reeds. | | | | deny the afterlife. |
| Genesis 41:19 | | | | In addition, this story is not found in the Bible. |
| After them, seven other cows came up—scrawny | | | | Surah 2: 67-73 |
| and very ugly and lean. I had never seen such ugly | | | | 67- and when Moses said to his people: surely Allah |
| cows in all the land of Egypt. | | | | commands you that you should sacrifice a cow; they |
| Genesis 41:20 | | | | said: do you ridicule us? He said: I seek the protection |
| The lean, ugly cows ate up the seven fat cows that | | | | of Allah from being one of the ignorant (fool)!" |
| came up first. | | | | 68- They said: call on your Lord for our sake to make |
| Genesis 41:26 | | | | it plain to us what she (the cow) is. Moses said: he |
| The seven good cows are seven years, and the | | | | says, surely she is a cow neither advanced in age nor |
| seven good heads of grain are seven years; it is one | | | | too young, of middle age between that (and this); do |
| and the same dream. | | | | therefore what you are commanded |
| Genesis 41:27 | | | | 69- They said: call on your lord for our sake to make it |
| The seven lean, ugly cows that came up afterward | | | | plain to us what her color is. Moses said: he says, |
| are seven years, and so are the seven worthless | | | | surely she is a yellow cow; her color is intensely yellow, |
| heads of grain scorched by the east wind: They are | | | | giving delight to the beholders |
| seven years of famine. | | | | 70- they said: call on your lord for our sake to make it |
| The decoration of the Tent of Meeting by Sea cows, | | | | plain to us what she is, for surely to us the cows are |
| acacia wood, shielding curtain, scarlet cloth, ram skins, | | | | all alike, and if Allah please we shall surely be guided |
| the tent, goat hair, scarlet yarn and linen. | | | | aright |
| Exodus 25:5 | | | | 71- Moses said: he says, surely she is a cow not made |
| Ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows ; acacia | | | | submissive that she should plough the land, nor does |
| wood; | | | | she irrigate the tilth; sound, without a blemish in her. they |
| Exodus 26:14 | | | | said: now you have brought the truth; so they |
| Make for the tent a covering of ram skins dyed red, | | | | sacrificed her, though they had not the mind to do (it) |
| and over that a covering of hides of sea cows. | | | | 72- And when you killed a man, then you disagreed |
| Exodus 35:7 | | | | with respect to that, and Allah was to bring forth that |
| Ram skins dyed red and hides of sea cows ; acacia | | | | which you were going to hide |
| wood; | | | | 73- so we said: strike the (dead body) with part of the |
| Exodus 35:23 | | | | (sacrificed cow), thus Allah brings the dead to life, and |
| Everyone who had blue, purple or scarlet yarn or fine | | | | he shows you his signs so that you may understand |
| linen, or goat hair, ram skins dyed red or hides of sea | | | | The faith of what is forbidden, the male or the female |
| cows brought them. | | | | or the newborn cow? |
| Exodus 36:19 | | | | Ignorant Arabs before Islam had some diverse religious |
| Then they made for the tent a covering of ram skins | | | | traditions about the cows. |
| dyed red, and over that a covering of hides of sea | | | | Some believed that the male cow (bull) is forbidden; |
| cows. | | | | other believed that it is the female that is forbidden. |
| Exodus 39:34the covering of ram skins dyed red, the | | | | Another Arabs believed that the first newborn cow is |
| covering of hides of sea cows and the shielding | | | | forbidden. |
| curtain; | | | | The Quran warns anyone who is saying that this is |
| Numbers 4:6 | | | | Allah's commandments while he knows that his saying |
| Then they are to cover this with hides of sea cows, | | | | is forged. |
| spread a cloth of solid blue over that and put the poles | | | | This meaning is not found in the Bible. |
| in place. | | | | Surah 6:144 |
| Numbers 4:8 | | | | And of camels a pair, and cows a pair cows. Say: has |
| Over these they are to spread a scarlet cloth, cover | | | | he forbidden the two males or the two females or |
| that with hides of sea cows and put its poles in place. | | | | that which the wombs of the two females contain? Or |
| Numbers 4:10 | | | | were you witnesses when Allah enjoined you this? |
| Then they are to wrap it and all its accessories in a | | | | Who, then, is more unjust than he who forges a lie |
| covering of hides of sea cows and put it on a carrying | | | | against Allah that he should lead astray men without |
| frame. | | | | knowledge? Surely Allah does not guide the unjust |
| Numbers 4:11 | | | | people |
| "Over the gold altar they are to spread a blue cloth | | | | The Pharaoh's dream of the fat cows and the seven |
| and cover that with hides of sea cows and put its | | | | lean cows. |
| poles in place. | | | | In the Bible it is said that the lean cows were ugly. |
| Numbers 4:12 | | | | The Quran does not say that. |
| "They are to take all the articles used for ministering in | | | | In order to know the difference between the story of |
| the sanctuary, wrap them in a blue cloth, cover that | | | | Joseph in Bible versus Quran, I recommend you smart |
| with hides of sea cows and put them on a carrying | | | | reader to read it ib both books. |
| frame. | | | | Surah 12:43 and 46 |
| Numbers 4:14 | | | | 43- The king (of Egypt) said: "i do see (in a vision) |
| Then they are to place on it all the utensils used for | | | | seven fat kine (cows), whom seven lean ones devour, |
| ministering at the altar, including the firepans, meat | | | | and seven green ears of corn, and seven (others) |
| forks, shovels and sprinkling bowls. Over it they are to | | | | withered. o ye chiefs! Expound to me my vision if it be |
| spread a covering of hides of sea cows and put its | | | | that ye can interpret visions." |
| poles in place. | | | | 46- The chief cupbearer said "O Joseph! O man of |
| Numbers 4:25 | | | | truth! Expound to us (the dream) of seven fat kine |
| They are to carry the curtains of the tabernacle, the | | | | (cows) whom seven lean ones devour, and of seven |
| Tent of Meeting, its covering and the outer covering of | | | | green ears of corn and (seven) others withered: that i |
| hides of sea cows, the curtains for the entrance to the | | | | may return to the people, and that they may |
| Tent of Meeting, | | | | understand." |
| Cheese from cows' milk for David and his people to | | | | Back to the main issue of my series of articles (1-39); |
| eat. | | | | this is my question to you smart readers: "Is the Quran |
| 2 Samuel 17:29honey and curds, sheep, and cheese | | | | quoted from the Bible "? |
| from cows' milk for David and his people to eat. For | | | | |