animals having a soul

²¹Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?

¹⁹For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity.

³⁰and for all the animals of the land, and for all the flying things of the air, and for everything that moves upon the earth and in which there is a living soul, so that they may have these on which to feed.” And so it became.

¹⁰In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.

⁴²So it is also with the resurrection of the dead. What is sown in corruption shall rise to incorruption. ⁴³What is sown in dishonor shall rise to glory. What is sown in weakness shall rise to power. ⁴⁴What is sown with an animal body shall rise with a spiritual body. If there is an animal body, there is also a spiritual one.

¹⁹Do not hand over to beasts the souls that confess to you; and do not forget the souls of your poor until the end.

⁷In truth, ask the mules, and they will teach you, and the birds of the sky, and they will reveal to you. ⁸Speak with the earth, and it will respond to you, and the fish of the sea will explain. ⁹Who is ignorant that the hand of the Lord has made all these things? ¹⁰In his hand is the soul of all the living and the spirit of all the flesh of mankind.

¹³And every creature that is in heaven, and on earth, and under the earth, and all that is within the sea: I heard them all saying: “To the One sitting upon the throne and to the Lamb be blessing, and honor, and glory, and authority, forever and ever.”

¹⁰The just one knows the lives of his beasts. But the inner most parts of the impious are cruel.

²⁴God also said, “Let the land produce living souls in their kind: cattle, and animals, and wild beasts of the earth, according to their species.” And so it became.

²⁵The wolf and the lamb will pasture together. The lion and the ox will eat hay. And dust will be the food of the serpent. They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain, says the Lord.

⁷and the dust returns to its earth, from which it was, and the spirit returns to God, who granted it.

⁷And then the Lord God formed man from the clay of the earth, and he breathed into his face the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

¹⁸I said in my heart, about the sons of men, that God would test them, and reveal them to be like wild animals. ¹⁹For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity. ²⁰And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together. ²¹Who knows if the spirit of the sons of Adam ascend upward, and if the spirit of the beasts descend downward?

⁶Let every spirit praise the Lord. Alleluia.

¹⁹For this reason, the passing away of man and of beasts is one, and the condition of both is equal. For as a man dies, so also do they die. All things breathe similarly, and man has nothing more than beast; for all these are subject to vanity. ²⁰And all things continue on to one place; for from the earth they were made, and unto the earth they shall return together.

¹⁵entered the ark to Noah, two by two out of all that is flesh, in which there was the breath of life.

⁶The wolf will dwell with the lamb; and the leopard will lie down with the kid; the calf and the lion and the sheep will abide together; and a little boy will drive them. ⁷The calf and the bear will feed together; their young ones will rest together. And the lion will eat straw like the ox. ⁸And a breastfeeding infant will play above the lair of the asp. And a child who has been weaned will thrust his hand into the den of the king snake. ⁹They will not harm, and they will not kill, on all my holy mountain. For the earth has been filled with the knowledge of the Lord, like the waters covering the sea.