DOVES
DOVES
Were clean according to the Mosaic ritual, and were offered in sacrifice, especially by the poor, Gen 15:9 Lev 5:7 12:6-8 Lu 2:24. Several kinds of doves or pigeons frequented the Holy Land; and the immense flocks of them sometimes witnessed illustrate a passage in Isa 60:8 . They are symbols of simplicity, innocence, and fidelity, Hos 7:11 Mat 10:16 . The dove was the chosen harbinger of God’s returning favor after the flood, Gen 8:1-22, and was honored as an emblem of the Holy Spirit, Mat 3:16 . See TURTLEDOVE.