And he said unto him, Take me an heifer of three years old, and a she goat of three years old, and a ram of three years old, and a turtledove, and a young pigeon.
And he said unto him, take me an heifer of three years old, ... The animals specified were considered clean, and permitted to be used in sacrifice by the law (cf. Genesis 7:2; Genesis 8:20, with Leviticus 1:2-6; Leviticus 1:14; Leviticus 12:6-8; Numbers 6:10). х Mªshuleshet (H8027), not triplets, three of each, but as the Septuagint renders it, trietizousan, three years old, when the animals were considered in their prime.]