Thematic Bible: Used as sacrifices


Thematic Bible



So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

But 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 will be clean.’” Verse ConceptsLambsPigeonsPoverty, Remedies ForBeing PoorPriests Atoning

‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons. Verse ConceptsdovesOfferingsPigeonsBirds, Features Of

‘But if he cannot afford a lamb, then he shall bring to the Lord his guilt offering for that in which he has sinned, two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a sin offering and the other for a burnt offering. Verse ConceptsdovesPigeonsPoverty, Remedies ForTwo AnimalsBeing Poor

and two turtledoves or two young pigeons which are within his means, the one shall be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering. Verse ConceptsdovesPigeonsTwo Animals

and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Verse ConceptsdovesBurnt offeringPigeonsSin OfferingYoung AnimalTwo AnimalsWritten In The Law



and he sent out a raven, and it flew here and there until the water was dried up from the earth. Verse ConceptsRavensBirds, Types Of BirdsCrowsWanderersWaters Drying UpPeople Sending CreaturesFloodsflying

and every raven in its kind, Verse ConceptsRavensKinds Of Living Things

It shall be that you will drink of the brook, and I have commanded the ravens to provide for you there.” Verse ConceptsRavensBirds, Types Of BirdsDivine DirectionDrinking WaterBrooks



You yourselves have seen what I did to the Egyptians, and how I bore you on eagles’ wings, and brought you to Myself. Verse ConceptsFreedom, Acts Of In OtEaglesWingsBearingBirds, Types Of BirdsSustaining ProvidenceWings Of BirdsGod Carrying Peoplesoaringmyself

“Saul and Jonathan, beloved and pleasant in their life,
And in their death they were not parted;
They were swifter than eagles,
They were stronger than lions.
Verse ConceptsFriendshipEaglesCompanionshipFast RunnersStrong Individuals

“They slip by like reed boats,
Like an eagle that swoops on its prey.
Verse ConceptsHuntingEaglesPapyrusShipsBoats



and the red kite, the falcon, and the kite in their kinds, Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsVulturesFalconsKinds Of Living Things

“The path no bird of prey knows,
Nor has the falcon’s eye caught sight of it.
Verse ConceptsVulturesFalconsUnknown ThingsBirds

The tree snake will make its nest and lay eggs there,
And it will hatch and gather them under its protection.
Yes, the hawks will be gathered there,
Every one with its kind.
Verse ConceptsNestsWingsVulturesFalcons

“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons;
And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsdovesSkyThe Right TimeBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsInstinctSwallowsAutumnKnowingGod's TimingGods Timing

and the stork, the heron in its kinds, and the hoopoe, and the bat. Verse ConceptsBirds, Types Of BirdsAccording To Its KindBatsHeronsKinds Of Living Thingspoop

Where the birds build their nests,
And the stork, whose home is the fir trees.
Verse ConceptsNestsBirds, Types Of BirdsBirds

Then I lifted up my eyes and looked, and there two women were coming out with the wind in their wings; and they had wings like the wings of a stork, and they lifted up the ephah between the earth and the heavens. Verse ConceptsHeaven And EarthWingsBirds, Types Of BirdsWings Of BirdsWomen In ProphecyTwo WomenThings Lifted UpHeavenly Visionflying

So He said to him, “Bring Me a three year old heifer, and a three year old female goat, and a three year old ram, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.” Verse ConceptsGoatsAbrahamdovesCarcass, Literal UsePigeonsAnimals, Types OfHeifersAnimals At Specific Ages

‘But if his offering to the Lord is a burnt offering of birds, then he shall bring his offering from the turtledoves or from young pigeons. Verse ConceptsdovesOfferingsPigeonsBirds, Features Of

and to offer a sacrifice according to what was said in the Law of the Lord, “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.” Verse ConceptsdovesBurnt offeringPigeonsSin OfferingYoung AnimalTwo AnimalsWritten In The Law

Then on the eighth day he shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest, to the doorway of the tent of meeting. Verse ConceptsdovesPigeonsDay 8Sacrifices At The Doorway



The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
Verse ConceptsNestsHomeKnowing God, Effects OfBirds, Types Of BirdsSparrowsSwallowsBirdsconnection


The desert creatures will meet with the wolves,
The hairy goat also will cry to its kind;
Yes, the night monster will settle there
And will find herself a resting place.
Verse ConceptsOwlsWolvesWild GoatProvision Of Nightcatsvampires


the little owl, the great owl, the white owl, Verse ConceptsOwls

the pelican, the carrion vulture, the cormorant, Verse ConceptsPelicansVultures

and the white owl and the pelican and the carrion vulture, Verse ConceptsWhiteVulturesOwlsPelicans

I resemble a pelican of the wilderness;
I have become like an owl of the waste places.
Verse ConceptsArchaeologyBirds, Types Of BirdsOwlsPelicans


and the ostrich, the owl, the sea gull, and the hawk in their kinds, Verse ConceptsHornsHawksFalconsOstrichesOwlsSeagullsKinds Of Living Things

“Is it by your understanding that the hawk soars,
Stretching his wings toward the south?
Verse ConceptsSouthBirds, Types Of BirdsHawksFacing SouthFalconsflyingsoaring

So it came about at evening that the quails came up and covered the camp, and in the morning there was a layer of dew around the camp. Verse ConceptsdewQuailBirds, Types Of BirdsCamp, Of Israel

Now there went forth a wind from the Lord and it brought quail from the sea, and let them fall beside the camp, about a day’s journey on this side and a day’s journey on the other side, all around the camp and about two cubits deep on the surface of the ground. Verse ConceptsWeather, God's Sovereignty OverWeights And Measures, DistancesWindBirds, Types Of BirdsGod Dispensing WindDimensions Of Other Things

They asked, and He brought quail,
And satisfied them with the bread of heaven.
Verse ConceptsBread, Kinds OfQuailSatisfactionBirds, Types Of Birds

“Even the stork in the sky
Knows her seasons;
And the turtledove and the swift and the thrush
Observe the time of their migration;
But My people do not know
The ordinance of the Lord.
Verse ConceptsdovesSkyThe Right TimeBirds, Features OfBirds, Types Of BirdsInstinctSwallowsAutumnKnowingGod's TimingGods Timing

The bird also has found a house,
And the swallow a nest for herself, where she may lay her young,
Even Your altars, O Lord of hosts,
My King and my God.
Verse ConceptsNestsHomeKnowing God, Effects OfBirds, Types Of BirdsSparrowsSwallowsBirdsconnection

Like a swallow, like a crane, so I twitter;
I moan like a dove;
My eyes look wistfully to the heights;
O Lord, I am oppressed, be my security.
Verse ConceptsdovesdiscouragementPrayer In DiscouragementSwallowsCauses of failure in

“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches

Even jackals offer the breast,
They nurse their young;
But the daughter of my people has become cruel
Like ostriches in the wilderness.
Verse ConceptsBreasts, Nursing MothersNursesBirds, Types Of BirdsAnimals SucklingOstrichesStrictnessDeserts Used Figuratively

For the king had at sea the ships of Tarshish with the ships of Hiram; once every three years the ships of Tarshish came bringing gold and silver, ivory and apes and peacocks. Verse ConceptsGoldIvorySilverCommerceThree YearsShips For TradingEvery Three YearsTrade With MetalsPetssailing

“The ostriches’ wings flap joyously
With the pinion and plumage of love,
Verse ConceptsJoy, And Human ExperienceWingsWings Of BirdsFeathersOstriches