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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The Lord said to him, "Take for me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a dove and a young pigeon."
"'If he cannot afford an animal from the flock, he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, to the Lord, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.
"'When the days of her purification are completed for a son or for a daughter, she must bring a one year old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or turtledove for a sin offering to the entrance of the Meeting Tent, to the priest. The priest is to present it before the Lord and make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean from her flow of blood. This is the law of the one who bears a child, for the male or the female child. read more. If she cannot afford a sheep, then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.'"
Who are these who float along like a cloud, who fly like doves to their shelters?
Ephraim has been like a dove, easily deceived and lacking discernment. They called to Egypt for help; they turned to Assyria for protection.
After Jesus was baptized, just as he was coming up out of the water, the heavens opened and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and coming on him.
"I am sending you out like sheep surrounded by wolves, so be wise as serpents and innocent as doves.
and to offer a sacrifice according to what is specified in the law of the Lord, a pair of doves or two young pigeons.