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; Song 4:2; Eze 36:37. Bleating of, alluded to -- Jdj 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; Song 1:7. Followed the shepherd. -- Joh 10:4,27. Fled from strangers. -- Joh 10:5. Washed and shorn every year -- Song 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. -- Jdj 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.