turtledove|turtledoves in English

noun

various doves belonging to the genus Streptopelia and having an elongated tail

Use "turtledove|turtledoves" in a sentence

1. Take the turtledoves.

2. Instead of bringing a young ram as a burnt offering and a young pigeon or a turtledove as a sin offering, they brought either “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

3. Tell that to the bullfrog, chicken hawk or turtledove

4. You see, turtledoves are a symbol of friendship and love.

5. And the song of the turtledove is heard in our land.

6. "Down in the Bottomlands" is a novella written by Harry Turtledove

7. The turtledove and the swift and the thrush* keep to the time of their return.

8. King Solomon wrote of “the song of the turtledove,” which heralds the arrival of spring.

9. Did they offer a ram along with a turtledove or a pigeon, as stipulated by the Law?

10. If the sacrifice was from the fowls, it had to be from the turtledoves or young pigeons.

11. Chests 3 to 7 were for collecting funds for the appointed value of turtledoves, pigeons, wood, incense, and golden vessels respectively.

12. For example, God would accept an offering of turtledoves if the person could not afford an offering from the flock or the herd.

13. If they felt shame in offering less than the ram and a turtledove that other parents could afford, they put such feelings aside.

14. 10 And on the eighth day, he should bring two turtledoves or two young pigeons to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

15. What a pleasure it is to listen to the soothing murmur of a running brook, the cooing of a turtledove, or the chuckling laugh of a baby!

16. 14 “‘However, if he offers birds as a burnt offering to Jehovah, he will present his offering from the turtledoves or the young pigeons.

17. *+ 24 And they offered a sacrifice according to what is said in the Law of Jehovah:* “a pair of turtledoves or two young pigeons.”

18. If an Israelite was too poor to offer a lamb or a goat as a sacrifice, he could offer instead two turtledoves or two pigeons.

19. If an Israelite was too poor to afford a sheep, then God was pleased to accept something that was within the offerer’s reach —two turtledoves or two pigeons.

20. + 29 On the eighth day, she should take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,+ and she will bring them to the priest at the entrance of the tent of meeting.

21. If the family could not afford a ram, as was evidently the case with Mary and Joseph, then two turtledoves or two young pigeons were acceptable.

22. 9 He replied to him: “Take for me a three-year-old heifer, a three-year-old female goat, a three-year-old ram, a turtledove, and a young pigeon.”

23. In fact, the Creator himself said: “The stork in the sky knows its seasons; the turtledove and the swift and the thrush keep to the time of their return.” —Jeremiah 8:7.

24. + 14 On the eighth day, he should take two turtledoves or two young pigeons+ and come before Jehovah at the entrance of the tent of meeting and give them to the priest.

25. 11 “‘Now if he cannot afford two turtledoves or two young pigeons, he must bring as his offering for his sin a tenth of an eʹphah*+ of fine flour for a sin offering.