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Animal Worshipafter its kind : and God saw thatit was good ."Num . 31 :28 "And levy a tributeunto Jehovah of the men of warthat went out to battle : one soulof five hundred, both of the persons,and of the oxen, and ofthe asses, and of the flocks ."1 Cor . 15 :39 "Not all flesh isthe same flesh, but there is one ofmankind, and there is anotherflesh of cattle, and another fleshof birds, and another of fish ."Jehovah Established His Superiorityin Contest with "AnimalGods" of Egypt by SendingPlagues in Moses' DayAgainst the frog-goddess, HeqtEx. 8 :1-7 "And Jehovah spakeunto Moses, Go in unto Pharaoh,and say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah,Let my people go, that theymay serve me . And if thou refuseto let them go, behold, Iwill smite all thy borders withfrogs : and the river shall swarmwith frogs, which shall go up andcome into thy house, and intothy bedchamber, and upon thybed, and into the house of thyservants, and upon thy people,and into thine ovens, and intothy kneading-troughs : . AndAaron stretched out his handover the waters of Egypt ; andthe frogs came up, and coveredthe land of Egypt ."Against the ichneumon flygoddess,Wad jetEx. 8 :20-24 "And Jehovah saidbehold, I will send swarmsof flies upon thee, and upon thyservants, and upon thy people,and into thy houses : and thehouses of the Egyptians shall befull of swarms of flies, and alsothe ground whereon they are ."Against the cow-goddess, Hathor,and Apis the bullEx. 9 :1-7 "Behold, the handof Jehovah is upon thy cattlewhich are in the field, upon thehorses, upon the asses, upon thecamels, upon the herds, and uponthe flocks : there shall be a very12grievous murrain . . . . and all thecattle of Egypt died ."Against Amon-Ra (symbolized bya male sheep)Ex . 11:4, 5; 12 :29 "And Mosessaid, Thus saith Jehovah, Aboutmidnight will I go out into themidst of Egypt : and all the firstbornin the land of Egypt shalldie, from the first-born of Pharaohthat sitteth upon his throne,even unto the first-born of themaid-servant that is behind themill ; and all the first-born ofcattle." "And it came to pass atmidnight, that Jehovah smote allthe first-born in the land ofEgypt, from the first-born ofPharaoh that sat on his throneunto the first-born of the captivethat was in the dungeon ; andall the first-born of cattle ."Making Images of Animals WasForbidden Under Mosaic LawDeut . 4 :15-18 "Take ye thereforegood heed unto yourselves ;for ye saw no manner of formon the day that Jehovah spakeunto you in Horeb out of themidst of the fire ; lest ye corruptyourselves, and make you agraven image in the form of anyfigure, the likeness of male or female,the likeness of any beastthat is on the earth, the likenessof any winged bird that flieth inthe heavens, the likeness of anythingthat creepeth on theground, the likeness of any fishthat is in the water under theearth ."When Degraded, Man Describedas on Level with BeastPs . 73 :22 "So brutish was 1,and ignorant ; I was as a beastbefore thee ."Dan. 5 :20, 21 "But when hisheart was lifted up, and his spiritwas hardened so that he dealtproudly, he was deposed fromhis kingly throne, and they tookhis glory from him : and he wasdriven from the sons of men, andhis heart was made like thebeasts', and his dwelling was