Breaking The Jewish Code Perry Stone

time, eventually selling them at $4.25 a coin, thus supporting two major missionary outreaches. Had we waited for a few years, the coins could have sold for $15 per coin—a threefold increase. This would have provided two additional missionary trips (including inflation costs for overseas travel). During the past several years, gold alone has outperformed the DOW, SNP, and the NASDAQ. Livestock In the Creation story, the only animals God mentions by name three times are cattle (Gen. 1:24–26). The same is true in the account of the Flood. God said to bring in “cattle after their kind” into the ark (Gen. 6:20, KJV). Abraham was very rich in “livestock, in silver, and in gold” (Gen. 13:2). Jacob was interested in investing in cattle when working with Laban (Gen. 30:29–43). When the Israelites moved to Egypt in time of famine, they took their cattle with them (Gen. 46:6). God protected the cattle of the Israelites when the plague struck Egypt (Exod. 9:4–7), and they departed Egypt with “very much cattle” (Exod. 12:38, KJV). Why were cattle the premier livestock investments among the Jewish people? An ox (or bull) is a male cow, and the basic term cow , or cattle , usually refers to the female. Oxen were provided as sacrifices for peace offerings (Num. 7:7–83). The ox does not produce milk; the female cow does. In Scripture, the land of Bashan in northern Israel was noted for its numerous cattle. Israel was a land of “milk and honey,” a phrase indicating prosperity, but also indicating that milk was a necessary commodity for the Hebrew people.