Sheep

Clean and used as food De 14:4

DESCRIBED AS

• Innocent 2Sa 24:17
• Sagacious Joh 10:4,5
• Agile Ps 114:4,6
• Being covered with a fleece Job 31:20
• Remarkably prolific Ps 107:41; 144:13; So 4:2; Eze 36:37

Bleating of, alluded to Jud 5:16; 1Sa 15:14

Under man's care from the earliest age Ge 4:4

Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth Ge 13:5; 24:25; 26:14

Males of called rams 1Sa 15:22; Jer 51:40

Females of, called ewes Ps 78:71

Young of, called lambs Ex 12:3; Isa 11:6

PLACES CELEBRATED FOR

• Kedar Eze 27:21
• Bashan De 32:14
• Nebaioth Isa 60:7
• Bozrah Mic 2:12

Flesh of, extensively used as food 1Sa 25:18; 1Ki 1:19; 4:23; Ne 5:18; Isa 22:13

Milk of, used as food De 32:14; Isa 7:21,22; 1Co 9:7

Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor Heb 11:37

Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle Ex 25:5; 36:10; 39:34

Wool of, made into clothing Job 31:20; Pr 31:13; Eze 34:3

Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age Ge 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10

Offered in sacrifice under the law Ex 20:24; Le 1:10; 1Ki 8:5,63

FLOCKS OF

• Attended by members of the family Ge 29:9; Ex 2:16; 1Sa 16:11
• Attended by servants 1Sa 17:20; Isa 61:5
• Guarded by dogs Job 30:1
• Kept in folds or cotes 1Sa 24:3; 2Sa 7:8; Joh 10:1
• Conducted to the richest pastures Ps 23:2
• Fed on the mountains Ex 3:1; Eze 34:6,13
• Fed in the valleys Isa 65:10
• Frequently covered the pastures Ps 65:13
• Watered every day Ge 29:8-10; Ex 2:16,17
• Made to rest at noon Ps 23:2; So 1:7
• Followed the shepherd Joh 10:4,27
• Fled from strangers Joh 10:5

Washed and shorn every year So 4:2

Firstlings of, not to be shorn De 15:19

Firstlings of, not to be redeemed Nu 18:17

Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering Le 27:26

Tithe of, given to the Levites 2Ch 31:4-6

First wool of, given to the priests De 18:4

Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing 1Sa 25:2,11,36; 2Sa 13:23

WERE FREQUENTLY

• Given as presents 2Sa 17:29; 1Ch 12:40
• Given as tribute 2Ki 3:4; 2Ch 17:11
• Destroyed by wild beasts Jer 50:17; Mic 5:8; Joh 10:12
• Taken in great numbers in war Jud 6:4; 1Sa 14:32; 1Ch 5:21; 2Ch 14:15
• Cut off by disease Ex 9:3

False prophets assume the simple appearance Mt 7:15

ILLUSTRATIVE

• Of the Jews Ps 74:1; 78:52; 79:13
• Of the people of Christ Joh 10:7-26; 21:16,17; Heb 13:20; 1Pe 5:2
• Of the wicked in their death Ps 49:14
• Of those under God's judgment Ps 44:1
• (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ Isa 53:7
• (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God Ps 119:176; Isa 53:6; Eze 34:16
• (Lost,) of the unregenerate Mt 10:6
• (When found,) of restored sinners Lu 15:5,7
• (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wickedMt 25:32,33