Thematic Bible: Used as sacrifices
Thematic Bible
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pigeons, offered in sacrifice
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
If she cannot afford a lamb, then she shall take two turtledoves, or two young pigeons; the one for a burnt offering, and the other for a sin offering: and the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.'"
"'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
"'If he can't afford a lamb, then he shall bring his trespass offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, to Yahweh; one for a sin offering, and the other for a burnt offering.
and two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to afford; and the one shall be a sin offering, and the other a burnt offering.
and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ravens
Consider the ravens: they don't sow, they don't reap, they have no warehouse or barn, and God feeds them. How much more valuable are you than birds!
He provides food for the livestock, and for the young ravens when they call.
and he sent forth a raven. It went back and forth, until the waters were dried up from the earth.
It shall be, that you shall drink of the brook. I have commanded the ravens to feed you there."
"The eye that mocks at his father, and scorns obedience to his mother: the ravens of the valley shall pick it out, the young eagles shall eat it.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Eagles, a type of swiftness
But those who wait for Yahweh will renew their strength. They will mount up with wings like eagles. They will run, and not be weary. They will walk, and not faint.
'You have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles' wings, and brought you to myself.
Saul and Jonathan were lovely and pleasant in their lives. In their death, they were not divided. They were swifter than eagles. They were stronger than lions.
They have passed away as the swift ships, as the eagle that swoops on the prey.
Why do you set your eyes on that which is not? For it certainly sprouts wings like an eagle and flies in the sky.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Vultures
The arrow snake will make her nest there, and lay, hatch, and gather under her shade. Yes, the kites will be gathered there, every one with her mate.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Storks
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
the stork, any kind of heron, the hoopoe, and the bat.
Then lifted I up my eyes, and saw, and behold, there were two women, and the wind was in their wings. Now they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah basket between earth and the sky.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Turtle doves, offered in sacrifice
He said to him, "Bring me a heifer three years old, a female goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon."
"'If his offering to Yahweh is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall offer his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons.
and to offer a sacrifice according to that which is said in the law of the Lord, "A pair of turtledoves, or two young pigeons."
On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the door of the Tent of Meeting.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Sparrows
"Aren't two sparrows sold for an assarion coin? Not one of them falls on the ground apart from your Father's will,
"Aren't five sparrows sold for two assaria coins? Not one of them is forgotten by God.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
I watch, and have become like a sparrow that is alone on the housetop.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Owls
The wild animals of the desert will meet with the wolves, and the wild goat will cry to his fellow. Yes, the night creature shall settle there, and shall find herself a place of rest.
the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Pelicans
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Hawks
the horned owl, the screech owl, and the gull, any kind of hawk,
and the ostrich, and the owl, and the seagull, and the hawk after its kind,
"Is it by your wisdom that the hawk soars, and stretches her wings toward the south?
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Quails
It happened at evening that quail came up and covered the camp; and in the morning the dew lay around the camp.
A wind from Yahweh went out and brought quails from the sea, and let them fall by the camp, about a day's journey on this side, and a day's journey on the other side, around the camp, and about two cubits above the surface of the earth.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Swallows
Yes, the stork in the sky knows her appointed times; and the turtledove and the swallow and the crane observe the time of their coming; but my people don't know Yahweh's law.
Yes, the sparrow has found a home, and the swallow a nest for herself, where she may have her young, near your altars, Yahweh of Armies, my King, and my God.
I chattered like a swallow or a crane. I moaned like a dove. My eyes weaken looking upward. Lord, I am oppressed. Be my security."
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Ostriches
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?
Even the jackals draw out the breast, they nurse their young ones: The daughter of my people has become cruel, like the ostriches in the wilderness.
Birds » Used as sacrifices » Peacocks
For the king had at sea a navy of Tarshish with the navy of Hiram: once every three years came the navy of Tarshish, bringing gold, and silver, ivory, and apes, and peacocks.
"The wings of the ostrich wave proudly; but are they the feathers and plumage of love?