Creature · שֶׂה
Lamb
A lamb is first a flock animal, then the Passover victim, then the silent sufferer in Isaiah, then the Lamb who takes away sin. Each landing has its own witness.
This image is not charted in Nahum. The thread below is the rest of the canon.
Occurrences
5 charted across 5 books.
Genesis
- Genesis 22:8
God will provide the lamb for the burnt offering.
- Genesis 22:8
Exodus
- Exodus 12:3
Each household takes a lamb for Passover.
- Exodus 12:3
Isaiah
- Isaiah 53:7
He is led like a lamb to the slaughter.
- Isaiah 53:7
John
- John 1:29
The Lamb of God who takes away the sin of the world.
- John 1:29
Revelation
- Revelation 5:6
A Lamb standing as though it had been slain.
- Revelation 5:6