Behemoth in Jewish Mythology

3 myths

The primordial land-beast of Jewish legend, created on the sixth day and paired with Leviathan; it grazes a thousand mountains and is reserved, with Leviathan, for the feast of the righteous in the world to come.
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Behemoth and Leviathan Will Feed the Righteous at the End

God made two pairs of monsters, then killed the female Leviathan so the seas could hold. He packed her flesh in salt and waited.

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Behemoth and the Thousand Hills That Grew Back

On the sixth day, Behemoth rose from the earth, ate a thousand hills each day, drank from the Jordan, and waited for its appointed end.

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Leviathan Stared Down the Angels at the Feast

Behemoth drank the Jordan in one swallow. God sent the angels against the beast on the deep, and they looked into its eyes.

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