New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Sheep

• Clean and used as food Dt. 14:4
• Described as
  • Innocent 2 Sam. 24:17
  • Sagacious Jn. 10:4, 5
  • Agile Ps. 114:4, 6
  • Being covered with a fleece Job 31:20
  • Remarkably prolific Ps. 107:41, 144:13; Song 4:2; Ezek. 36:37
• Bleating of, alluded to Judg. 5:16; 1 Sam. 15:14
• Under man's care from the earliest age Gen. 4:4
• Constituted a great part of patriarchal wealth Gen. 13:5, 24:35, 26:14
• Males of called rams 1 Sam. 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 Ezek. 27:21
  • Bashan Dt. 32:14
  • Nebaioth Isa. 60:7
  • Bozrah Mic. 2:12
• Flesh of, extensively used as food 1 Sam. 25:18; 1 Ki. 1:19, 4:23; Neh. 5:18; Isa. 22:13
• Milk of, used as food Dt. 32:14; Isa. 7:21, 22; 1 Cor. 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, 36:19, 39:34
• Wool of, made into clothing Job 31:20; Pr. 31:13; Ezek. 34:3
• Offered in sacrifice from the earliest age Gen. 4:4, 8:20, 15:9, 10
• Offered in sacrifice under the law Ex. 20:24; Lev. 1:10; 1 Ki. 8:5, 63
• Flocks of
  • Attended by members of the family Gen. 29:6; Ex. 2:16; 1 Sam. 16:11
  • Attended by servants 1 Sam. 17:20; Isa. 61:5
  • Guarded by dogs Job 30:1
  • Kept in folds or cotes 1 Sam. 24:3; 2 Sam. 7:8; Jn. 10:1
  • Conducted to the richest pastures Ps. 23:2
  • Fed on the mountains Ex. 3:1; Ezek. 34:6, 13
  • Fed in the valleys Isa. 65:10
  • Frequently covered the pastures Ps. 65:13
  • Watered every day Gen. 29:8-10; Ex. 2:16, 17
  • Made to rest at noon Ps. 23:2; Song 1:7
  • Followed the shepherd Jn. 10:4, 27
  • Fled from strangers Jn. 10:5
• Washed and shorn every year Song 4:2
• Firstlings of, not to be shorn Dt. 15:19
• Firstlings of, not to be redeemed Num. 18:17
• Firstlings of, could not be dedicated as a free-will offering Lev. 27:26
• Tithe of, given to the Levites 2 Chr. 31:4-6
• First wool of, given to the priests Dt. 18:4
• Time of shearing, a time of rejoicing 1 Sam. 25:2, 11, 36; 2 Sam. 13:23
• Were frequently
  • Given as presents 2 Sam. 17:29; 1 Chr. 12:40
  • Given as tribute 2 Ki. 3:4; 2 Chr. 17:11
  • Destroyed by wild beasts Jer. 50:17; Mic. 5:8; Jn. 10:12
  • Taken in great numbers in war Judg. 6:4; 1 Sam. 14:32; 1 Chr. 5:21; 2 Chr. 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 Jn. 10:7-26, 21:16, 17; Heb. 13:20; 1 Pet. 5:2
  • Of the wicked in their death Ps. 49:14
  • Of those under God's judgment Ps. 44:11
  • (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; Ezek. 34:16
  • (Lost,) of the unregenerate Mt. 10:6
  • (When found,) of restored sinners Lk. 15:5, 7
  • (Separation from the goats,) of the separation of saints from the wicked Mt. 25:32, 33