Dove, Turtle

Sent out from the ark by Noah Ge 8:8-11

Domesticated Isa 60:8

Nests of Jer 48:28

Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentleness Mt 10:16

Sacrificial uses of Ge 15:9

Prescribed for purification

• Of women Le 12:6,8; Lu 2:24
• Of Nazarites Nu 6:10
• Of lepers Le 14:22

Burnt offering of Le 1:14-17

Trespass offering of, for the impecunious Le 5:7-10; 12:8

Sin offering, for those who touched any dead body Nu 6:10

Market for, in the temple Mt 21:12; Joh 2:14

SYMBOLICAL

• Of the Holy Spirit Mt 3:16; Lu 3:22; Joh 1:32
  • See Pigeon