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Shepherds

 

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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