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Psalms 78:70-71
He chose David his servant and took him from the sheep pens;he brought him from tending ewes to be shepherd over his people Jacob— over Israel, his inheritance.
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Exodus 2:19-22
They answered,“ An Egyptian rescued us from the shepherds. He even drew water for us and watered the flock.”“ So where is he?” he asked his daughters.“ Why then did you leave the man behind? Invite him to eat dinner.”Moses agreed to stay with the man, and he gave his daughter Zipporah to Moses in marriage.She gave birth to a son whom he named Gershom, for he said,“ I have been a resident alien in a foreign land.”
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John 21:15-17
When they had eaten breakfast, Jesus asked Simon Peter,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me more than these?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to him,“ you know that I love you.”“ Feed my lambs,” he told him.A second time he asked him,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?”“ Yes, Lord,” he said to him,“ you know that I love you.”“ Shepherd my sheep,” he told him.He asked him the third time,“ Simon, son of John, do you love me?” Peter was grieved that he asked him the third time,“ Do you love me?” He said,“ Lord, you know everything; you know that I love you.”“ Feed my sheep,” Jesus said.
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Hosea 12:12
Jacob fled to the territory of Aram. Israel worked to earn a wife; he tended flocks for a wife.
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1 Peter 5 2-1 Peter 5 4
Shepherd God’s flock among you, not overseeing out of compulsion but willingly, as God would have you; not out of greed for money but eagerly;not lording it over those entrusted to you, but being examples to the flock.And when the chief Shepherd appears, you will receive the unfading crown of glory.
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Luke 2:8
In the same region, shepherds were staying out in the fields and keeping watch at night over their flock.
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Hebrews 13:7
Remember your leaders who have spoken God’s word to you. As you carefully observe the outcome of their lives, imitate their faith.
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Exodus 3:1
Meanwhile, Moses was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian. He led the flock to the far side of the wilderness and came to Horeb, the mountain of God.
