Meaning
Sheep Offered in sacrifice:
- By Abel
Gen 4:4
- By Noah
Gen 8:20
- By Abraham
Gen 22:13
Offerings
Required in the Mosaic offerings
Offerings
Land adapted to the raising of sheep:
- Of Bashan
Deu 32:14
- Of Bozrah
Mic 2:12
- Of Kedar
Eze 27:21
- Of Nebaioth
Isa 60:7
- Of Sharon
Isa 65:10
Jacob's management of
Gen 30:40
Milk of, used for food
Deu 32:14
Shearing of
Gen 31:19; Gen 38:17; Isa 53:7
Feasting at the time of shearing
1Sa 25:11; 1Sa 25:36; 2Sa 13:23
First fleece of, belonged to priests and Levites
Deu 18:4
Tribute paid in
2Ki 3:4; 1Ch 5:21; 2Ch 17:11
Figurative:
- General references
1Ch 21:17; Psa 74:1; Jer 13:20
- Of backsliders
Jer 50:6
- Of lost sinners
Mat 9:36; Mat 10:6
- Of the righteous
Jer 50:17; Eze 34; Mat 26:31; Mar 14:27; Joh 10:16
- Of the defenselessness of ministers
Mat 10:16
- Parable of the lost
Mat 18:13; Luk 15:7
