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Dove, The
Clean and used as food - De 14:11
Offered in sacrifice - Ge 15:9; Le 1:14
Impiously sold in the court of the temple - Mt 21:12; Joh 2:16
CHARACTERISED BY
- Simplicity
- Mt 10:16- Comeliness of countenance
- So 2:14- Softness of eyes
- So 1:15- Sweetness of voice
- So 2:14- Richness of plumage
- Ps 68:13Mournful tabering of, alluded to - Na 2:7
Dwells in rocks - So 2:14; Jer 48:28
Frequents streams and rivers - So 5:12
Sent from the ark by Noah - Ge 8:8,10,12
Why considered the emblem of peace - Ge 8:11
The harbinger of spring - So 2:12
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the Holy Spirit
- Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32- Of the meekness of Christ
- So 5:12- Of the church
- So 2:14; 5:2- Of mourners
- Isa 38:14; 59:11- Of converts to the church
- Isa 60:8- (In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity
- Ho 11:11 Next Topic (Dragon, The)