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Calf, The

 

Calf, The

The young of the herd - Job 21:10; Jer 31:12

Playfulness of, alluded to - Ps 29:6

FED ON

• Milk
- 1Sa 6:10
• Branches of trees, &c
- Isa 27:10

Fattened in stalls, &c - 1Sa 28:24; Am 6:4

Offered in sacrifice - Le 9:2,3; Heb 9:12,19

Of a year old best for sacrifice - Mic 6:6

If first-born not redeemed - Nu 18:17

Eaten in the patriarchal age - Ge 18:7,8

When fattened considered a delicacy - 1Sa 28:24,25; Am 6:4; Lu 15:23,27

ILLUSTRATIVE OF

• Saints nourished by grace
- Mal 4:2
• Sacrifices of praise
- Ho 14:2; Heb 13:5
• Patient endurance
- Eze 1:7; Re 4:7
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