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Symbols and Similitudes: Sacrificial Animals

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Genesis 15:8–11 But Abram replied, “Lord GOD, how can I know that I will possess it?” / And the LORD said to him, “Bring Me a heifer, a goat, and a ram, each three years old, along with a turtledove and a young pigeon.” / So Abram brought all these to Him, split each of them down the middle, and laid the halves opposite each other. The birds, however, he did not cut in half.
John 1:29, 36 The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world! / When he saw Jesus walking by, he said, “Look, the Lamb of God!”