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MULE

A member of the equid family, the offspring of a donkey and horse, or a donkey and onager (wild ass). Male (Heb. pereḏ) is distinguished from female (pirdâ) in the biblical text. As a hybrid, the mule is almost always sterile, yet exhibits qualities of size, strength, and endurance. For these reasons, mules were valued in the ancient world as royal mounts (2 Sam. 13:29; 1 Kgs. 1:44), objects of tribute (10:25), and animals of traction (2 Kgs. 5:17; 1 Chr. 12:40[MT 41]). As crossbreeding was seemingly prohibited in biblical Israel (Lev. 19:19), it is possible that these sure-footed animals were obtained through import or trade (Ezek. 27:14).

Mark Ziese






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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