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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 34:16

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