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Dove, the.

From: The New Topical Textbook By: Reuben Archer Torrey

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Clean and used as food. Deut. 14:11¹¹Of all clean birds ye shall eat. (Deuteronomy 14:11).

Offered in sacrifice. Gen. 15:9⁹And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon. (Genesis 15:9). Lev. 1:14¹⁴And if the burnt sacrifice for his offering to the Lord be of fowls, then he shall bring his offering of turtledoves, or of young pigeons. (Leviticus 1:14).

Impiously sold in the court of the temple. Matt. 21:12¹²And Jesus went into the temple of God, and cast out all them that sold and bought in the temple, and overthrew the tables of the moneychangers, and the seats of them that sold doves, (Matthew 21:12). John 2:16¹⁶And said unto them that sold doves, Take these things hence; make not my Father's house an house of merchandise. (John 2:16).

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Simplicity. Matt. 10:16¹⁶Behold, I send you forth as sheep in the midst of wolves: be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves. (Matthew 10:16).

Comeliness of countenance. SoS. 2:14.

Softness of eyes. SoS. 1:15.

Sweetness of voice. SoS. 2:14.

Richness of plumage. Psa. 68:13¹³Though ye have lien among the pots, yet shall ye be as the wings of a dove covered with silver, and her feathers with yellow gold. (Psalm 68:13).

Mournful tabering of, alluded to. Nah. 2:7⁷And Huzzab shall be led away captive, she shall be brought up, and her maids shall lead her as with the voice of doves, tabering upon their breasts. (Nahum 2:7).

Dwells in rocks. SoS. 2:14. Jer. 48:28²⁸O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock, and be like the dove that maketh her nest in the sides of the hole's mouth. (Jeremiah 48:28).

Frequents streams and rivers. SoS. 5:12.

Sent from the ark by Noah. Gen. 8:8, 10, 12⁸Also he sent forth a dove from him, to see if the waters were abated from off the face of the ground; (Genesis 8:8)
¹⁰And he stayed yet other seven days; and again he sent forth the dove out of the ark; (Genesis 8:10)
¹²And he stayed yet other seven days; and sent forth the dove; which returned not again unto him any more. (Genesis 8:12).

Why considered the emblem of peace. Gen. 8:11¹¹And the dove came in to him in the evening; and, lo, in her mouth was an olive leaf plucked off: so Noah knew that the waters were abated from off the earth. (Genesis 8:11).

The harbinger of spring. SoS. 2:12.

ILLUSTRATIVE

Of the Holy Ghost. Matt. 3:16¹⁶And Jesus, when he was baptized, went up straightway out of the water: and, lo, the heavens were opened unto him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove, and lighting upon him: (Matthew 3:16). John 1:32³²And John bare record, saying, I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove, and it abode upon him. (John 1:32).

Of the meekness of Christ. SoS. 5:12.

Of the church. SoS. 2:14. SoS. 5:2.

Of mourners. Isa. 38:14¹⁴Like a crane or a swallow, so did I chatter: I did mourn as a dove: mine eyes fail with looking upward: O Lord, I am oppressed; undertake for me. (Isaiah 38:14). Isa. 59:11¹¹We roar all like bears, and mourn sore like doves: we look for judgment, but there is none; for salvation, but it is far off from us. (Isaiah 59:11).

Of converts to the church. Isa. 60:8⁸Who are these that fly as a cloud, and as the doves to their windows? (Isaiah 60:8).

(In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity. Hos. 11:11¹¹They shall tremble as a bird out of Egypt, and as a dove out of the land of Assyria: and I will place them in their houses, saith the Lord. (Hosea 11:11),

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