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- Clean and used as food # De 14:4
- DESCRIBED AS 2a) Innocent
# 2Sa 24:17
2b) Sagacious # Joh 10:4,5 2c) Agile # Ps 114:4,6 2d) Being covered with a fleece # Job 31:20 2e) Remarkably prolific # Ps 107:41 144:13 So 4:2 Eze 36:37 3) Bleating of, alluded to # Jud 5:16 1Sa 15:14 4) Under man’s care from the earliest age # Ge 4:4 5) Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth # Ge 13:5 24:25 26:14 6) Males of called rams # 1Sa 15:22 Jer 51:40 7) Females of, called ewes # Ps 78:71 8) Young of, called lambs # Ex 12:3 Isa 11:6 9) PLACES CELEBRATED FOR 9a) Kedar # Eze 27:21 9b) Bashan # De 32:14 9c) Nebaioth # Isa 60:7 9d) Bozrah # Mic 2:12 10) Flesh of, extensively used as food # 1Sa 25:18 1Ki 1:19 4:23 Ne 5:18 Isa 22:13 11) Milk of, used as food # De 32:14 Isa 7:21,22 1Co 9:7 12) Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor # Heb 11:37 13) Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle # Ex 25:5 36:10 39:34 14) Wool of, made into clothing # Job 31:20 Pr 31:13 Eze 34:3 15) Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age # Ge 4:4 8:20 15:9,10 16) Offered in sacrifice under the law # Ex 20:24 Le 1:10 1Ki 8:5,63 17) FLOCKS OF 17a) Attended by members of the family # Ge 29:9 Ex 2:16 1Sa 16:11 17b) Attended by servants # 1Sa 17:20 Isa 61:5 17c) Guarded by dogs # Job 30:1 17d) Kept in folds or cotes # 1Sa 24:3 2Sa 7:8 Joh 10:1 17e) Conducted to the richest pastures # Ps 23:2 17f) Fed on the mountains # Ex 3:1 Eze 34:6,13 17g) Fed in the valleys # Isa 65:10 17h) Frequently covered the pastures # Ps 65:13 17i) Watered every day # Ge 29:8-10 Ex 2:16,17 17j) Made to rest at noon # Ps 23:2 So 1:7 17k) Followed the shepherd # Joh 10:4,27 17l) Fled from strangers # Joh 10:5 18) Washed and shorn every year # So 4:2 19) Firstlings of, not to be shorn # De 15:19 20) Firstlings of, not to be redeemed # Nu 18:17 21) Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering # Le 27:26 22) Tithe of, given to the Levites # 2Ch 31:4-6 23) First wool of, given to the priests # De 18:4 24) Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing # 1Sa 25:2,11,36 2Sa 13:23 25) WERE FREQUENTLY 25a) Given as presents # 2Sa 17:29 1Ch 12:40 25b) Given as tribute # 2Ki 3:4 2Ch 17:11 25c) Destroyed by wild beasts # Jer 50:17 Mic 5:8 Joh 10:12 25d) Taken in great numbers in war # Jud 6:4 1Sa 14:32 1Ch 5:21 2Ch 14:15 25e) Cut off by disease # Ex 9:3 26) False prophets assume the simple appearance # Mt 7:15 27) ILLUSTRATIVE 27a) Of the Jews # Ps 74:1 78:52 79:13 27b) Of the people of Christ # Joh 10:7-26 21:16,17 Heb 13:20 1Pe 5:2 27c) Of the wicked in their death # Ps 49:14 27d) Of those under God’s judgment # Ps 44:1 27e) (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ # Isa 53:7 27f) (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God # Ps 119:176 Isa 53:6 Eze 34:16 27g) (Lost,) of the unregenerate # Mt 10:6 27h) (When found,) of restored sinners # Lu 15:5,7 27i) (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked # Mt 25:32,33