You led your people like a flock of sheep, by the hand of Moses and Aaron.

Then Abraham set seven ewe lambs apart from the flock by themselves.

They allow their children to run ¹  like a flock; their little ones dance about.

The Lord my God says this: “Shepherd the flock set aside for slaughter.

So I ¹  began to shepherd the flock destined for slaughter, the most afflicted ²  of all the flock. Then I took two staffs, ³  calling one “Pleasantness” ⁴  and the other “Binders,” ⁵  and I tended the flock.

Then I said, ¹  “Look up, Jerusalem, ²  and see the enemy ³  that is coming from the north. Where now is the flock of people that were entrusted to your care? ⁴  Where now are the ‘sheep’ that you take such pride in? ⁵ 

And do not lord it over ¹  those entrusted to you, ²  but be examples to the flock.

Yet he brought out his people like sheep; he led them through the wilderness like a flock.

I know that after I am gone ¹  fierce wolves ²  will come in among you, not sparing the flock.

Now Moses ¹  was shepherding the flock of his father-in-law Jethro, the priest of Midian, and he led the flock to the far side of the desert ²  and came to the mountain of God, to Horeb. ³ 

Jacob removed these lambs, but he made the rest of the flock face ¹  the streaked and completely dark-colored animals in Laban’s flock. So he made separate flocks for himself and did not mix them with Laban’s flocks.

“Do not be afraid, little flock, for your Father is well pleased ¹  to give you the kingdom.

When his brothers had gone to graze their father’s flocks near Shechem,

If he said, ¹  ‘The speckled animals ²  will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to speckled offspring. But if he said, ‘The streaked animals will be your wage,’ then the entire flock gave birth to streaked offspring.

But Abel brought ¹  some of the firstborn of his flock – even the fattest ²  of them. And the Lord was pleased with ³  Abel and his offering,

He replied, “I’ll send you a young goat from the flock.” She asked, “Will you give me a pledge until you send it?” ¹ 

“‘If his offering for a peace offering sacrifice to the Lord is from the flock, he must present a flawless male or female. ¹ 

Turn your eyes away from me – they overwhelm ¹  me! Your hair is like a flock of goats descending from Mount Gilead.

Take the choice bone of the flock, heap up bones under it; boil rapidly, and boil its bones in it.

When you have finished purifying it, you will offer an unblemished young bull and an unblemished ram from the flock.