Torrey's New Topical Textbook
Sheep.
Clean and used as food @De 14:4.
Described as
Bleating of, alluded to @Jdj 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
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
Washed and shorn every year @Song 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
False prophets assume the simple appearance @Mt 7:15.
Illustrative
Shepherds.
Shewbread.
Shields.
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