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A Dictionary of the Bible | 1997 | | © A Dictionary of the Bible 1997, originally published by Oxford University Press 1997. (Hide copyright information) Copyright

ass Both wild (Job 39: 5–8) and tamed (Deut. 22: 10) were known BCE; Jesus rode on a female ass (Matt. 21: 2), which the evangelist regards as a fulfilment of Zech. 9: 9.

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