The well-known bird, often associated with the turtle dove, as being used by the poor in various sacrifices. A pair of these birds were offered when the Lord was presented in the temple. Luke 2:24 . Pigeons were so numerous in Palestine that the poor were enabled easily to obtain a pair for any needed sacrifice. Genesis 15:9; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 5:7,11; Leviticus 12:6,8; Leviticus 14:22,30; Leviticus 15:14,29; Numbers 6:10 .