Dove, Turtledove

Dove, Turtledove [NAVE]

DOVE, TURTLEDOVE
Sent out from the ark by Noah, Gen. 8:8-11.
Mourning of, Isa. 38:14; 59:11; Nah. 2:7.
Domesticated, Isa. 60:8.
Nests of, Jer. 48:28.
Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentleness, Matt. 10:16.
Sacrificial uses of, Gen. 15:9.
Prescribed for purification: Of women, Lev. 12:6, 8; Luke 2:24; of Nazirites, Num. 6:10; of lepers, Lev. 14:22.
Burnt offering of, Lev. 1:14-17.
Trespass offering of, for those with little resource, Lev. 5:7-10; 12:8.
Sin offering, for those who touched any dead body, Num. 6:10.
Market for, in the temple, Matt. 21:12; John 2:14.
Symbolical
Of the Holy Spirit, Matt. 3:16; Luke 3:22; John 1:32.
See: Pigeon.