◄ 4681 ram ►
Dictionary of Bible Themes

The male sheep, part of an agrarian economy and used in sacrifice. Its skin had value and its horn was used in worship.

Genesis 31:38

Rams as part of an agrarian economy

See also

Genesis 32:14
Deuteronomy 32:14
2 Kings 3:4
Ezekiel 27:21; 34:17
Genesis 22:13

Rams were used for religious purposes

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As sacrificial victims

Numbers 23:2
1 Samuel 15:22
1 Chronicles 15:26
Micah 6:7
Genesis 15:9-10

In the making of a covenant

Leviticus 5:15

See also

For guilt offerings

Leviticus 5:16-19; 6:6; 19:21-22
Numbers 5:8
2 Chronicles 29:21
Ezra 10:19
Leviticus 9:4

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For fellowship or burnt offerings

Leviticus 9:1-3; 16:3-5
Numbers 6:14-17; 7:17; 15:6-7; 28:11; 29:2
Ezekiel 43:23-24; 46:4
Leviticus 8:22

For Aaron's ordination

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Exodus 29:1-34
Leviticus 8:23-30
Exodus 26:14

The ram's skin brought as an offering for the construction of the tabernacle

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Exodus 25:5; 35:7; 36:19
Psalms 81:3

The ram's horn

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Exodus 19:13
Joshua 6:4
1 Chronicles 15:28
Psalms 98:6
Daniel 8:3

Daniel's vision of the ram

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Daniel 8:4-8,20

See also

4406 agriculture
4657 horse
4684 sheep
4696 yoke
7402 offerings
7435 sacrifice, in OT
7459 tabernacle, in OT
7745 ordination
Dictionary of Bible Themes
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