Dove

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In their wild state doves generally build their nests in the clefts of rocks, but when domesticated "dove-cots" are prepared for them (Song 2:14; Jer 48:28; Isa 60:8). The dove was placed on the standards of the Assyrians and Babylonians in honour, it is supposed, of Semiramis (Jer 25:38; Vulg., "fierceness of the dove;" comp. Jer 46:16; Jer 50:16).

Doves and turtle-doves were the only birds that could be offered in sacrifice, as they were clean according to the Mosaic law (Gen 15:9; Lev 5:7; Lev 12:6; Lk 2:24). The dove was the harbinger of peace to Noah (Gen 8:8ff). It is often mentioned as the emblem of purity (Ps 68¹³). It is a symbol of the Holy Spirit (Gen 1:2; Mt 3:16; Mk 1:10; Lk 3:22; Jn 1:32); also of tender and devoted affection (Song 1:15; Song 2:14). David in his distress wished that he had the wings of a dove, that he might fly away and be at rest (Ps 55⁶ff). There is a species of dove found at Damascus "whose feathers, all except the wings, are literally as yellow as gold" (Ps 68¹³).

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