Exodus 2:19-
22 And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds,
and also drew [
water] enough for us, and watered the flock. ... And she bare [
him] a son, and he called his name
Gershom:
for he said, I have been a stranger in a strange land.
Exodus 3:1 Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro
his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to
the mountain of God, [
even] to
Horeb.
Psalms 78:70-
71 He
chose David also his servant,
and took him from the sheepfolds: ...
From following the ewes great with young he
brought him to
feed Jacob his people, and Israel his inheritance.
Hosea 12:12 And
Jacob fled into the country of Syria, and
Israel served for a wife, and for a wife he kept [
sheep].
Luke 2:8 And there were in the same country shepherds
abiding in the field, keeping
watch over their flock by night.
John 21:15-
17 So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon,
[son] of Jonas, lovest thou me
more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord;
thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him,
Feed my
lambs. ... He saith unto him
the third time, Simon, [
son] of Jonas, lovest thou me? Peter was
grieved because he said unto him the third time, Lovest thou me? And he said unto him,
Lord, thou knowest all things;
thou knowest that I love thee. Jesus saith unto him,
Feed my sheep.
Hebrews 13:7 Remember them
which have the rule over you, who have spoken unto you the word of God:
whose faith follow,
considering the end of [
their] conversation.
1 Peter 5:2-
4 Feed the flock of God
which is among you,
taking the oversight [
thereof],
not by constraint, but willingly;
not for filthy lucre, but of a ready mind; ... And when
the chief Shepherd shall
appear, ye shall receive
a crown of glory that fadeth not away.
