Bird: Birds are divided in the Mosaic law into two classes,1. The clean
(Leviticus 1:14-17; 5:7-10; 14:4-7) which were offered in
sacrifice
2. The unclean
(Leviticus 11:13-20) They are mentioned also as an article
of food
(Deuteronomy 14:11) The art of snaring wild birds is referred to
(Psalms 124:7; Proverbs 1:17; 7:23; Jeremiah 5:27) Singing birds are mentioned in
(Psalms 104:12; Ecclesiastes 12:4) Their timidity is alluded to
(Hosea 11:11) The
reference in
(Psalms 84:3) to the swallow and the sparrow may be only
a comparison equivalent to, "What her house is to the sparrow,
and her nest to the swallow, that thine altars are to my soul."
