Reference: DOVES
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Were clean according to the Mosaic ritual, and were offered in sacrifice, especially by the poor, Ge 15:9; Le 5:7; 12:6-8; Lu 2:24. Several kinds of doves or pigeons frequented the Holy Land; and the immense flocks of them sometimes witnessed illustrate a passage in Isa 60:8. They are symbols of simplicity, innocence, and fidelity, Ho 7:11; Mt 10:16. The dove was the chosen harbinger of God's returning favor after the flood, Ge 8, and was honored as an emblem of the Holy Spirit, Mt 3:16. See TURTLEDOVE.
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And he said, Take a young cow of three years old, and a she-goat of three years old, and a sheep of three years old, and a dove and a young pigeon.
And if he has not money enough for a lamb, then let him give, for his offering to the Lord, two doves or two young pigeons; one for a sin-offering and one for a burned offering.
And when the days are ended for making her clean for a son or a daughter, let her take to the priest at the door of the Tent of meeting, a lamb of the first year for a burned offering and a young pigeon or a dove for a sin-offering: And the priest is to make an offering of it before the Lord and take away her sin, and she will be made clean from the flow of her blood. This is the law for a woman who gives birth to a male or a female. read more. And if she has not money enough for a lamb, then let her take two doves or two young pigeons, one for a burned offering and the other for a sin-offering, and the priest will take away her sin and she will be clean,
Who are these coming like a cloud, like a flight of doves to their windows?
And Ephraim is like a foolish dove, without wisdom; they send out their cry to Egypt, they go to Assyria.
And Jesus, having been given baptism, straight away went up from the water; and, the heavens opening, he saw the Spirit of God coming down on him as a dove;
See, I send you out as sheep among wolves. Be then as wise as snakes, and as gentle as doves.
And to make an offering, as it is ordered in the law of the Lord, of two doves or other young birds.