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Sheep

Clean and used as food - De 14:4

DESCRIBED AS

Bleating of, alluded to - Jud 5:16; 1Sa 15:14

Under man's care from the earliest age - Ge 4:4

Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth - Ge 13:5; 24:25; 26:14

Males of called rams - 1Sa 15:22; Jer 51:40

Females of, called ewes - Ps 78:71

Young of, called lambs - Ex 12:3; Isa 11:6

PLACES CELEBRATED FOR

Flesh of, extensively used as food - 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 1:19; 4:23; Ne 5:18; Isa 22:13

Milk of, used as food - De 32:14; Isa 7:21,22; 1Co 9:7

Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor - Heb 11:37

Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle - Ex 25:5; 36:10; 39:34

Wool of, made into clothing - Job 31:20; Pr 31:13; Eze 34:3

Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age - Ge 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10

Offered in sacrifice under the law - Ex 20:24; Le 1:10; 1Ki 8:5,63

FLOCKS OF

Washed and shorn every year - So 4:2

Firstlings of, not to be shorn - De 15:19

Firstlings of, not to be redeemed - Nu 18:17

Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering - Le 27:26

Tithe of, given to the Levites - 2Ch 31:4-6

First wool of, given to the priests - De 18:4

Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing - 1Sa 25:2,11,36; 2Sa 13:23

WERE FREQUENTLY

False prophets assume the simple appearance - Mt 7:15

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