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Sheep
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- Clean and used as food
Deuteronomy 14:4 - DESCRIBED AS
- Innocent
2 Samuel 24:17
- Sagacious
John 10:4,5
- Agile
Psalm 114:4,6
- Being covered with a fleece
Job 31:20
- Remarkably prolific
Psalm 107:41; 144:13; Song of Solomon 4:2; Ezekiel 36:37
- Innocent
- Bleating of, alluded to
Judges 5:16; 1 Samuel 15:14 - Under man's care from the earliest age
Genesis 4:4 - Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth
Genesis 13:5; 24:25; 26:14 - Males of called rams
1 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 51:40 - Females of, called ewes
Psalm 78:71 - Young of, called lambs
Exodus 12:3; Isaiah 11:6 - PLACES CELEBRATED FOR
- Kedar
Ezekiel 27:21
- Bashan
Deuteronomy 32:14
- Nebaioth
Isaiah 60:7
- Bozrah
Micah 2:12
- Kedar
- Flesh of, extensively used as food
1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 1:19; 4:23; Nehemiah 5:18; Isaiah 22:13 - Milk of, used as food
Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 7:21,22; 1 Corinthians 9:7 - Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor
Hebrews 11:37 - Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle
Exodus 25:5; 36:10; 39:34 - Wool of, made into clothing
Job 31:20; Proverbs 31:13; Ezekiel 34:3 - Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age
Genesis 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10 - Offered in sacrifice under the law
Exodus 20:24; Leviticus 1:10; 1 Kings 8:5,63 - FLOCKS OF
- Attended by members of the family
Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16; 1 Samuel 16:11
- Attended by servants
1 Samuel 17:20; Isaiah 61:5
- Guarded by dogs
Job 30:1
- Kept in folds or cotes
1 Samuel 24:3; 2 Samuel 7:8; John 10:1
- Conducted to the richest pastures
Psalm 23:2
- Fed on the mountains
Exodus 3:1; Ezekiel 34:6,13
- Fed in the valleys
Isaiah 65:10
- Frequently covered the pastures
Psalm 65:13
- Watered every day
Genesis 29:8-10; Exodus 2:16,17
- Made to rest at noon
Psalm 23:2; Song of Solomon 1:7
- Followed the shepherd
John 10:4,27
- Fled from strangers
John 10:5
- Attended by members of the family
- Washed and shorn every year
Song of Solomon 4:2 - Firstlings of, not to be shorn
Deuteronomy 15:19 - Firstlings of, not to be redeemed
Numbers 18:17 - Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
Leviticus 27:26 - Tithe of, given to the Levites
2 Chronicles 31:4-6 - First wool of, given to the priests
Deuteronomy 18:4 - Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
1 Samuel 25:2,11,36; 2 Samuel 13:23 - WERE FREQUENTLY
- Given as presents
2 Samuel 17:29; 1 Chronicles 12:40
- Given as tribute
2 Kings 3:4; 2 Chronicles 17:11
- Destroyed by wild beasts
Jeremiah 50:17; Micah 5:8; John 10:12
- Taken in great numbers in war
Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Chronicles 5:21; 2 Chronicles 14:15
- Cut off by disease
Exodus 9:3
- Given as presents
- False prophets assume the simple appearance
Matthew 7:15 - ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the Jews
Psalm 74:1; 78:52; 79:13
- Of the people of Christ
John 10:7-26; 21:16,17; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 5:2
- Of the wicked in their death
Psalm 49:14
- Of those under God's judgment
Psalm 44:1
- (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ
Isaiah 53:7
- (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
Psalm 119:176; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:16
- (Lost,) of the unregenerate
Matthew 10:6
- (When found,) of restored sinners
Luke 15:5,7
- (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints From the wicked
Matthew 25:32,33
- Of the Jews
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Bibliography Information
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Sheep'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​s/sheep.html. 1897.
Torrey, Reuben Archer. Entry for 'Sheep'. Torrey's Topical Textbook. https://www.studylight.org/​concordances/​eng/​ttt/​s/sheep.html. 1897.