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 2C
h 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 wicked Mt 25:32,33