From Nave’s Topical Bible
Dove, Turtle
Every passage the 1896 Nave’s Topical Biblegathers under this heading, in Nave’s own arrangement and then in Bible order. MannaFest has not written this page — it is the older index, transcribed, with the Word travelling beside each reference.
- 17Passages listed
- 8Books of the 66
- 1896Nave's edition
How Nave’s arranged it
- Sent out from the ark by NoahGenesis 8:8–11
- DomesticatedIsaiah 60:8
- Nests ofJeremiah 48:28
- Harmlessness of, typical of Christ's gentlenessMatthew 10:16
- Sacrificial uses ofGenesis 15:9
- Prescribed for purification
- Of womenLeviticus 12:6Leviticus 12:8Luke 2:24
- Of NazaritesNumbers 6:10
- Of lepersLeviticus 14:22
- Burnt offering ofLeviticus 1:14–17
- Trespass offering of, for the impecuniousLeviticus 5:7–10Leviticus 12:8
- Sin offering, for those who touched any dead bodyNumbers 6:10
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- Market for, in the templeMatthew 21:12John 2:14
- SYMBOLICAL
- Of the Holy SpiritMatthew 3:16Luke 3:22John 1:32
- See Pigeon
The passages, in Bible order (17)
The same references, sorted Genesis to Revelation. The first 16 are quoted in full; the rest are one click beneath them, book by book.
- Genesis 8:8–11
Then Noah sent out a dove to see if the waters had receded from the surface of the ground.
Commentary on Genesis 8:8–111 voice
For as Noah's ark preserved alive everyone whom it had taken in when the world was going under, so also Peter's church will bring back unhurt everyone whom it embraces when the world goes up in flames. And as a dove brought the sign of …
Maximus of Turin· SERMONS 49.3, 465Patristic
- Genesis 15:9
And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.”
Commentary on Genesis 15:91 voice
Therefore the heifer, the she-goat and the ram of three years, as also the turtledove and the pigeon, presented a type of all nations. They were described as of three years, because all the nations were to believe in the mystery of the Trinity. Now …
Caesarius of Arles· SERMON 82.1, 542Patristic
- Leviticus 1:14–17
If, instead, one’s offering to the LORD is a burnt offering of birds, he is to present a turtledove or a young pigeon.
Commentary on Leviticus 1:14–171 voice
In very many ceremonies of the law one who needed to be cleansed was ordered to be cleansed by [offering] these [birds]. A pigeon indicates simplicity and a turtledove indicates chastity, for a pigeon is a lover of simplicity and a turtledove is a lover …
Bede· Homilies on the Gospels 1.18, 735Patristic
- Leviticus 5:7–10
If, however, he cannot afford a lamb, he may bring to the LORD as restitution for his sin two turtledoves or two young pigeons—one as a sin offering and the other as a burnt offering.
Commentary on Leviticus 5:7–101 voice
Not without reason are "a pair of turtledoves and two young doves" accepted in the sacrifices. For they are worth the same, and you never find separate mention of just a pair of doves but "a pair of turtledoves and two young doves." The dove denotes the Holy Spirit. But when the great and more hidden mysteries are in question and the things that many people cannot grasp, then the Holy Spirit is represented under the appellation of a turtledove—of the bird, that is to say, that always dwells on mountain ridges and in the tops of trees.
Origen of Alexandria· HOMILIES ON THE SONG OF SONGS 2:12, 253Patristic
- Leviticus 12:6
When the days of her purification are complete, whether for a son or for a daughter, she is to bring to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting a year-old lamb for a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove for a sin offering.
Commentary on Leviticus 12:61 voice
And when the days of her purifying are fulfilled, for a son, or for a daughter,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Leviticus 12:8
But if she cannot afford a lamb, she shall bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt offering and the other for a sin offering. Then the priest will make atonement for her, and she will be clean.’”
Commentary on Leviticus 12:81 voice
The Lord commanded in the law that those who could were to offer a lamb for a son or a daughter, along with a turtledove or a pigeon. But one who did not have sufficient wealth to offer a lamb should offer two turtledoves or …
Bede· HOMILY XV. ON THE PURIFICATION OF BLESSED MARY, 735Patristic
- Leviticus 14:22
and two turtledoves or two young pigeons, whichever he can afford, one to be a sin offering and the other a burnt offering.
Commentary on Leviticus 14:221 voice
And two turtledoves, or two young pigeons, such as he is able to get,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Numbers 6:10
On the eighth day he must bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance to the Tent of Meeting.
Commentary on Numbers 6:101 voice
And on the eighth day he shall bring two turtles or two young pigeons to the priest,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Isaiah 60:8
Who are these who fly like clouds, like doves to their shelters?
Commentary on Isaiah 60:81 voice
For the soul has flights, as has been said, "Who are these that fly like clouds and like doves with their young?" You see, the soul has spiritual flights that, in a brief moment, circle the whole globe. For the thoughts of wise people are free and, insofar as they rise up from lower to higher shadows, so much and more they fly without the hindrance of any earthly weight, and they are the more carried along by the beating of spiritual wings onto that ethereal and rarefied place; [the soul] despises all worldly things.
Ambrose of Milan· Concerning Virginity 17:108, 397Patristic
- Jeremiah 48:28
Abandon the towns and settle among the rocks, O dwellers of Moab! Be like a dove that nests at the mouth of a cave.
Commentary on Jeremiah 48:281 voice
O ye that dwell in Moab, leave the cities, and dwell in the rock,....
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)Reformed
- Matthew 3:16
As soon as Jesus was baptized, He went up out of the water. Suddenly the heavens were opened, and He saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and resting on Him.
Commentary on Matthew 3:161 voice
Not by an actual cleaving of the visible element, but to the spiritual eye, as Ezekiel also in the beginning of his book relates that he saw them. It sate on the head of Jesus, that none might suppose the voice of the Father spoken to John, and not to the Lord.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 10:16
Behold, I am sending you out like sheep among wolves; therefore be as shrewd as snakes and as innocent as doves.
Commentary on Matthew 10:161 voice
He calls the Scribes and Pharisees who are the clergy of the Jews, wolves. Wise, that they might escape snares; simple, that they might not do evil to others. The craft of the serpent is set before them as an example, for he hides his head with all the rest of his body, that he may protect the part in which life is. So ought we to expose our whole body, that we may guard our head which is Christ; that is, that we study to keep the faith whole and uncorrupt.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Matthew 21:12
Then Jesus entered the temple courts and drove out all who were buying and selling there. He overturned the tables of the money changers and the seats of those selling doves.
Commentary on Matthew 21:121 voice
And he cast out all them that sold and bought. It should be known that in obedience to the Law, in the Temple of the Lord venerated throughout the whole world, and resorted to by Jews out of every quarter, innumerable victims were sacrificed, especially on festival days, bulls, rams, goats; the poor offering young pigeons and turtle-doves, that they might not omit all sacrifice. But it would happen that those who came from a distance would have no victim.
Jerome· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 420Patristic
- Luke 2:24
and to offer the sacrifice specified in the Law of the Lord: “A pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”
Commentary on Luke 2:241 voice
(ubi sup.) He ordered two things to be offered, because as man consists of both body and soul, the Lord requires a double return from us, chastity and meekness, not only of the body, but also of the soul. Otherwise, man will be a dissembler and hypocrite, wearing the face of innocence to mask his hidden malice.
Athanasius of Alexandria· Catena Aurea by Aquinas, 373Patristic
- Luke 3:22
and the Holy Spirit descended on Him in a bodily form like a dove. And a voice came from heaven: “You are My beloved Son; in You I am well pleased.”
- John 1:32
Then John testified, “I saw the Spirit descending from heaven like a dove and resting on Him.
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