Clean and Used as Food Deuteronomy 14:4

Described As

Innocent 2 Samuel 24:17

Sagacious John 10:4, 5

Agile Psalm 114:4, 6

Being covered with a fleece Job 31:20

Remarkably prolific Psalm 107:41, 144:13, 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 Psalm 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 Psalm 23:2

Fed on the mountains Exodus 3:1, Ezekiel 34:6, 13

Fed in the valleys Isaiah 65:10

Frequently covered the pastures Psalm 65:13

Watered every day Genesis 29:8-10, Exodus 2:16, 17

Made to rest at noon Psalm 23:2, Song of Solomon 1:7

Followed the shepherd John 10:4, 27

Fled from strangers John 10:5

Washed and Shorn Every Year 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 Psalm 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 Psalm 49:14

Of those under God's judgment Psalm 44:1

(In patience and simplicity,) of patience, of Christ Isaiah 53:7

(In proneness to wander,) of those who depart from God Psalm 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