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Turtle-Dove

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Turtle-Dove. Psalms 74:19. By the Jewish law the poor who could not afford a more costly sacrifice were permitted to bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons. Leviticus 12:6-8. As the former are not domesticated and breed everywhere in prodigious numbers, this provision was a great boon to the needy. The outward circumstances of Christ's parents are thus indicated in Luke 2:24.

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Rice, Edwin Wilbur, DD. Entry for 'Turtle-Dove'. People's Dictionary of the Bible. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​rpd/​t/turtle-dove.html. 1893.
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