The Ox and the Donkey Read as the Anointed Warrior and the King Messiah

Yalkut Shimoni on Torah 130:20

"And I have ox and donkey" (Genesis 32:6). Rabbi Yehudah says: from one ox came forth many oxen, and from one donkey came forth many donkeys. Rabbi Nehemiah says: it is the manner of people to speak of donkeys and camels in the plural. The Rabbis say: "ox" refers to the one anointed for war, as it is said, "His firstling ox, majesty is his" (Deuteronomy 33:17); "donkey" refers to the King Messiah, as it is said, "humble and riding upon a donkey" (Zechariah 9:9); "flock" refers to Israel, as it is said, "And you, My flock, the flock of My pasture" (Ezekiel 34:31); and "servant and maidservant," as it is said, "Behold, as the eyes of servants look to the hand of their masters, as the eyes of a maidservant to the hand of her mistress, so our eyes look to the LORD our God until He is gracious to us" (Psalms 123:2).

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