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Shepherds
Early mention of - Ge 4:2
Usually carried a scrip or bag - 1Sa 17:40
Carried a staff or rod - Le 27:32; Ps 23:4
Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks - So 1:8; Isa 38:12
Members of the family both male and female acted as - Ge 29:6; 1Sa 16:11; 17:15
Had hired keepers under them - 1Sa 17:20
The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to - Joh 10:12
CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN
- Knowing them
- Joh 10:14- Going before and leading them
- Ps 77:20; 78:52; 80:1- Seeking out good pasture for them
- 1Ch 4:39-41; Ps 23:2- Numbering them when they return from pasture
- Jer 33:13- Watching over them by night
- Lu 2:8- Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young
- Ge 33:13,14; Ps 78:71- Defending them when attacked by wild beasts
- 1Sa 17:34-36; Am 3:12- Searching them out when lost and straying
- Eze 34:12; Lu 15:4,5- Attending them when sick
- Eze 34:16An abomination to the Egyptians - Ge 46:34
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of God as leader of Israel
- Ps 77:20; 80:1- Of Christ as the good shepherd
- Eze 34:23; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:14; Heb 13:20- Of kings as the leaders of the people
- Isa 44:28; Jer 6:3; 49:19- Of ministers of the gospel
- Jer 23:4- (Searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost
- Eze 34:12; Lu 15:2-7- (Their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ
- Isa 40:11; Eze 34:13-16- (Ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers
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