'Turtledove' in the Bible
So God said to him, “Bring Me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”
‘When the days of her purification are completed, whether for a son or for a daughter, she shall bring to the priest at the doorway of the Tent of Meeting a one year old lamb as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering;
Oh, do not hand over the soul of your turtledove to the wild beast;Do not forget the life of Your afflicted forever.
‘The flowers appear on the earth once again;The time for singing has come,And the voice of the turtledove is heard in our land.
“Even the stork in the skyKnows her seasons [of migration],And the turtledove, the swallow and the craneObserve the time of their return.But My people do not knowThe law of the Lord.