Dove, The

Clean and used as food — De 14:11.

Offered in sacrifice — Ge 15:9; Le 1:14.

Impiously sold in the court of the temple — Mt 21:12; Joh 2:16.

Characterised by

Simplicity. — Mt 10:16.

Comeliness of countenance. — Song 2:14.

Softness of eyes. — Song 1:15.

Sweetness of voice. — Song 2:14.

Richness of plumage. — Ps 68:13.

Mournful tabering of, alluded to — Na 2:7.

Dwells in rocks — Song 2:14; Jer 48:28.

Frequents streams and rivers — Song 5:12.

Sent from the ark by Noah — Ge 8:8,10,12.

Why considered the emblem of peace — Ge 8:11.

The harbinger of spring — Song 2:12.

Illustrative

Of the Holy Spirit. — Mt 3:16; Joh 1:32.

Of the meekness of Christ. — Song 5:12.

Of the church. — Song 2:14; 5:2.

Of mourners. — Isa 38:14; 59:11.

Of converts to the church. — Isa 60:8.

(In its flight,) of the return of Israel from captivity. — Ho 11:11.