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

See also

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

See also

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

See also

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

See also

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

The ram's horn

See also

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

Daniel's vision of the ram

See also

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
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