Sheep

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
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
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
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
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

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