Pigeon (Easton)

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Pigeons are mentioned as among the offerings which, by divine appointment, Abram presented unto the Lord ( Genesis 15:9 ). They were afterwards enumerated among the sin-offerings ( Leviticus 1:14 ; 12:6 ), and the law provided that those who could not offer a lamb might offer two young pigeons (5:7; Compare Luke 2:24 ). (See DOVE .)