Then he sent out a dove, to see if the water was gone from the ground.

But the dove found no place to set her foot, so she returned to him in the boat. For the water was still over the earth. So Noah put out his hand and took her, and brought her into the boat with him.

He waited another seven days, and sent the dove from the boat again.

The dove returned to him in the evening. In her mouth was an olive leaf that had just been picked. So Noah knew that the water had gone from the earth.

Then he waited another seven days, and sent out the dove. But she did not return to him again.

‘If his gift is a burnt gift of birds, he should bring his gift from the turtle-doves or young pigeons.

‘But if he does not have enough money for a lamb, he should bring to the Lord as his guilt gift for his sin two turtle-doves or two young pigeons. One will be for a sin gift, and the other for a burnt gift.

‘But if he does not have enough money for two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, he should bring one- tenth part of a basket of fine flour for a sin gift. He should not put oil or special perfume on it, for it is a sin gift.

‘When the days for making her clean are finished, for a son or for a daughter, she will bring her gifts to the religious leader at the door of the meeting tent. She will bring a one year old lamb for a burnt gift, and a young pigeon or a turtle-dove for a sin gift.

But if she does not have enough money for a lamb, then she will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, one for a burnt gift and the other for a sin gift. The religious leader will pay for her sins and she will be clean.’”

and two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, whatever he is able to buy. One will be a sin gift and the other a burnt gift.

Then he will give one of the turtle-doves or young pigeons that he was able to buy.

On the eighth day he will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, come before the Lord at the door of the meeting tent, and give them to the religious leader.

On the eighth day she will take two turtle-doves or two young pigeons, and bring them to the religious leader at the door of the meeting tent.

On the eighth day he must bring two turtle-doves or two young pigeons to the religious leader, to the door of the meeting tent.

There was a time of no food in Samaria. The Syrian army gathered around it, until a donkey’s head sold for eighty pieces of silver. A half cup of dove’s waste sold for five pieces of silver.

And I say, “If only I had wings like a dove, I would fly away and be at rest.

When you lie down among the sheep, you are like the wings of a dove covered with silver, and the end of its wings with shining gold.

Do not give the life of Your dove over to the wild animal. Do not forget the lives of Your troubled people forever.

King Solomon

“How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves.”

The flowers are coming through the ground. The time for singing has come. The voice of the turtle-dove has been heard in our land.

O my dove, hidden in the rock, in the secret place in the mountain-side, let me see you. Let me hear your voice. For your voice is sweet, and you are beautiful.

King Solomon

“How beautiful you are, my love! How beautiful you are! Your eyes are like doves behind your face-covering. Your hair is like a flock of goats coming down from Mount Gilead.

The Fourth Song

The Woman

“I was asleep, but my heart was awake. A voice! My love was knocking: ‘Open to me, my sister, my love, my dove, my perfect one! For my head is wet from the water on the grass in the early morning. My hair is wet from the night.’

His eyes are like doves beside rivers of water, washed in milk, and resting in their places.