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 34:16 - An 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 Isa 56:11; Jer 50:6; Eze 34:2,10; Zec 11:7,8,15-17

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general references to Ge 4:2; 13:5; 29:9; 37:2; 46:32; Ex 2:17; 3:1; 1Sa 16:11; 17:20 1Ch 4:39; Am 3:12; Mt 25:32; Lu 2:8