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Sheep:

Clean and used as food
(Deuteronomy 14:4)
DESCRIBED AS
- Innocent
  (2 Samuel 24:17)
- Sagacious
  (John 10:4,5)
- Agile
  (Psalms 114:4,6)
- Being covered with a fleece
  (Job 31:20)
- Remarkably prolific
  (Psalms 107:41; 144:13; The Song of Solomon 4:2; Ezekiel 36:37)
Bleating of, alluded to
(Judges 5:16; 1 Samuel 15:14)
Under man's care from the earliest age
(Genesis 4:4)
Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth
(Genesis 13:5; 24:25; 26:14)
Males of called rams
(1 Samuel 15:22; Jeremiah 51:40)
Females of, called ewes
(Psalms 78:71)
Young of, called lambs
(Exodus 12:3; Isaiah 11:6)
PLACES CELEBRATED FOR
- Kedar
  (Ezekiel 27:21)
- Bashan
  (Deuteronomy 32:14)
- Nebaioth
  (Isaiah 60:7)
- Bozrah
  (Micah 2:12)
Flesh of, extensively used as food
(1 Samuel 25:18; 1 Kings 1:19; 4:23; Nehemiah 5:18; Isaiah 22:13)
Milk of, used as food
(Deuteronomy 32:14; Isaiah 7:21,22; 1 Corinthians 9:7)
Skins of, worn as clothing by the poor
(Hebrews 11:37)
Skins of, made into a covering for the tabernacle
(Exodus 25:5; 36:10; 39:34)
Wool of, made into clothing
(Job 31:20; Proverbs 31:13; Ezekiel 34:3)
Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age
(Genesis 4:4; 8:20; 15:9,10)
Offered in sacrifice under the law
(Exodus 20:24; Leviticus 1:10; 1 Kings 8:5,63)
FLOCKS OF
- Attended by members of the family
  (Genesis 29:9; Exodus 2:16; 1 Samuel 16:11)
- Attended by servants
  (1 Samuel 17:20; Isaiah 61:5)
- Guarded by dogs
  (Job 30:1)
- Kept in folds or cotes
  (1 Samuel 24:3; 2 Samuel 7:8; John 10:1)
- Conducted to the richest pastures
  (Psalms 23:2)
- Fed on the mountains
  (Exodus 3:1; Ezekiel 34:6,13)
- Fed in the valleys
  (Isaiah 65:10)
- Frequently covered the pastures
  (Psalms 65:13)
- Watered every day
  (Genesis 29:8-10; Exodus 2:16,17)
- Made to rest at noon
  (Psalms 23:2; The Song of Solomon 1:7)
- Followed the shepherd
  (John 10:4,27)
- Fled from strangers
  (John 10:5)
Washed and shorn every year
(The Song of Solomon 4:2)
Firstlings of, not to be shorn
(Deuteronomy 15:19)
Firstlings of, not to be redeemed
(Numbers 18:17)
Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering
(Leviticus 27:26)
Tithe of, given to the Levites
(2 Chronicles 31:4-6)
First wool of, given to the priests
(Deuteronomy 18:4)
Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing
(1 Samuel 25:2,11,36; 2 Samuel 13:23)
WERE FREQUENTLY
- Given as presents
  (2 Samuel 17:29; 1 Chronicles 12:40)
- Given as tribute
  (2 Kings 3:4; 2 Chronicles 17:11)
- Destroyed by wild beasts
  (Jeremiah 50:17; Micah 5:8; John 10:12)
- Taken in great numbers in war
  (Judges 6:4; 1 Samuel 14:32; 1 Chronicles 5:21; 2 Chronicles 14:15)
- Cut off by disease
  (Exodus 9:3)
False prophets assume the simple appearance
(Matthew 7:15)
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of the Jews
  (Psalms 74:1; 78:52; 79:13)
- Of the people of Christ
  (John 10:7-26; 21:16,17; Hebrews 13:20; 1 Peter 5:2)
- Of the wicked in their death
  (Psalms 49:14)
- Of those under God's judgment
  (Psalms 44:1)
- (In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ
  (Isaiah 53:7)
- (In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God
  (Psalms 119:176; Isaiah 53:6; Ezekiel 34:16)
- (Lost,) of the unregenerate
  (Matthew 10:6)
- (When found,) of restored sinners
  (Luke 15:5,7)
- (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked
  (Matthew 25:32,33)

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