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Often translated “bird” (Psalm 8:8; Ezekiel 17:23 NAS, NIV, NRSV) as representative of all birds. It was ceremonially clean as sometimes eaten as food by the poor. Jesus used the sparrows ( Matthew 10:31; Luke 12:7 ) to show their lack of worth as contrasted with human beings. See Birds .

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Butler, Trent C. Editor. Entry for 'Sparrow'. Holman Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​hbd/​s/sparrow.html. 1991.
 
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