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HEIFER.—The heifer was used in agriculture (Jdg_14:18, Jer_50:11, Hos_10:11), and in religious ritual (Gen_15:9, 1Sa_16:2, Num_19:2 f. etc.). Israel is compared to a heifer in Hos_4:16, and so is Egypt in Jer_46:20, and Chaldæa in Jer_50:11. See also Ox, Red Heifer.
E. W. G. Masterman.