Reference: TURTLE-DOVE
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Or Turtle, the Columba Turtur; a distinct bird from the common dove or pigeon, smaller and differently marked, and having a soft and plaintive note, Isa 59:11; Eze 7:16. It is a bird of passage, Jer 8:7, leaving Palestine for a short trip to the south, and returning early in spring, Song 2:12. It is timid and fond of seclusion, and pines in captivity, Ps 11:1. The law allowed it as a burnt or sin-offering by the poor, Le 1:14; 5:7; Mt 21:22, and in several cases of purification, etc., Le 12:6-8; 14:22; Nu 6:10; Lu 2:24. Before the giving of the law, Abraham offered birds, which he divided the other victims he left the birds entire, Ge 15:9.
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And He said to him, Bring to Me a heifer three years old, a she-goat three years old, a ram three years old, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And if the offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then [the man] shall bring turtledoves or young pigeons.
But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring for his guilt offering to the Lord two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering.
When the days of her purifying are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring a lamb a year old for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering to the door of the Tent of Meeting to the priest; And he shall offer it before the Lord and make atonement for her, and she shall be cleansed from the flow of her blood. This is the law for her who has borne a male or a female child. read more. If she is unable to bring a lamb [for lack of means] then she shall bring two turtledoves or young pigeons, one for a burnt offering, the other for a sin offering; the priest shall make atonement for her, and she shall be clean.
And two turtledoves or two young pigeons, such as he can afford, one for a sin offering, the other for a burnt offering.
On the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest to the door of the Tent of Meeting,
In the Lord I take refuge [and put my trust]; how can you say to me, Flee like a bird to your mountain?
The flowers appear on the earth; the time of the singing [of birds] has come, and the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
We all groan and growl like bears and moan plaintively like doves. We look for justice, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far from us.
[Even the migratory birds are punctual to their seasons.] Yes, the stork [excelling in the great height of her flight] in the heavens knows her appointed times [of migration], and the turtledove, the swallow, and the crane observe the time of their return. But My people do not know the law of the Lord [which the lower animals instinctively recognize in so far as it applies to them].
But those of them that escape shall escape, but shall be on the mountains like doves of the valleys, all of them moaning, every one in his iniquity's [punishment].
And whatever you ask for in prayer, having faith and [really] believing, you will receive.
And [they came also] to offer a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of the Lord: a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.