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Sheep

Clean and used as food—De 14:4

DESCRIBED AS

• Innocent
• —2Sa 24:17
• Sagacious
• —Joh 10:4,5
• Agile
• —Ps 114:4,6
• Being covered with a fleece
• —Job 31:20
• Remarkably prolific
• —Ps 107:41; 144:13; So 4:2; Eze 36:37

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

• Kedar
• —Eze 27:21
• Bashan
• —De 32:14
• Nebaioth
• —Isa 60:7
• Bozrah
• —Mic 2:12

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

• Attended by members of the family
• —Ge 29:9; Ex 2:16; 1Sa 16:11
• Attended by servants
• —1Sa 17:20; Isa 61:5
• Guarded by dogs
• —Job 30:1
• Kept in folds or cotes
• —1Sa 24:3; 2Sa 7:8; Joh 10:1
• Conducted to the richest pastures
• —Ps 23:2
• Fed on the mountains
• —Ex 3:1; Eze 34:6,13
• Fed in the valleys
• —Isa 65:10
• Frequently covered the pastures
• —Ps 65:13
• Watered every day
• —Ge 29:8-10; Ex 2:16,17
• Made to rest at noon
• —Ps 23:2; So 1:7
• Followed the shepherd
• —Joh 10:4,27
• Fled from strangers
• —Joh 10:5

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

• Given as presents
• —2Sa 17:29; 1Ch 12:40
• Given as tribute
• —2Ki 3:4; 2Ch 17:11
• Destroyed by wild beasts
• —Jer 50:17; Mic 5:8; Joh 10:12
• Taken in great numbers in war
• —Jud 6:4; 1Sa 14:32; 1Ch 5:21; 2Ch 14:15
• Cut off by disease
• —Ex 9:3

False prophets assume the simple appearance—Mt 7:15

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the Jews
• —Ps 74:1; 78:52; 79:13
• Of the people of Christ
• —Joh 10:7-26; 21:16,17; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:2
• Of the wicked in their death
• —Ps 49:14
• Of those under God's judgment
• —Ps 44:1
• (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ
• —Isa 53:7
• (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
• —Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Eze 34:16
• (Lost,) of the unregenerate
• —Mt 10:6
• (When found,) of restored sinners
• —Lu 15:5,7
• (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints
• from the wicked—Mt 25:32,33