whose heart did not bless me ¹  as he warmed himself with the fleece of my sheep, ² 

the lambs will be for your clothing, and the goats will be for the price of a field. ¹ 

And the priest must take cedar wood, hyssop, ¹  and scarlet wool and throw them into the midst of the fire where the heifer is burning. ² 

The Lord did as he asked. ¹  When he got up the next morning, he squeezed the fleece, and enough dew dripped from it to fill a bowl. ² 

When David heard in the desert that Nabal was shearing his sheep,

For he ¹  knows deceitful ²  men; when he sees evil, will he not ³  consider it? ⁴ 

You must keep my statutes. You must not allow two different kinds of your animals to breed, ¹  you must not sow your field with two different kinds of seed, and you must not wear ²  a garment made of two different kinds of fabric. ³ 

While Laban had gone to shear his sheep, ¹  Rachel stole the household idols ²  that belonged to her father.

Tamar was told, ¹  “Look, your father-in-law is going up ²  to Timnah to shear his sheep.”

Those who make clothes from combed flax will be embarrassed; those who weave will turn pale. ¹ 

I will be like a moth to Ephraim, like wood rot ¹  to the house of Judah.

That night God did as he asked. ¹  Only the fleece was dry and the ground around it was covered with dew.

Two years later Absalom’s sheepshearers were in Baal Hazor, ¹  near Ephraim. Absalom invited all the king’s sons.

Then Absalom went to the king and said, “My shearers have begun their work. ¹  Let the king and his servants go with me.”

Its posts were made ¹  of silver; ²  its back ³  was made of gold. Its seat was upholstered with purple wool; ⁴  its interior was inlaid ⁵  with leather ⁶  by the maidens ⁷  of Jerusalem.

Your teeth are like a flock of newly-shorn sheep coming up from the washing place; ¹  each of them has a twin, and not one of them is missing.

For false messiahs ¹  and false prophets will appear and perform great signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, even the elect.

For false messiahs ¹  and false prophets will appear and perform signs and wonders to deceive, if possible, the elect.

Gideon said to God, “Please do not get angry at me, when I ask for just one more sign. ¹  Please allow me one more test with the fleece. This time make only the fleece dry, while the ground around it is covered with dew.” ² 

After some time ¹  Judah’s wife, the daughter of Shua, died. After Judah was consoled, he left for Timnah to visit his sheepshearers, along with ²  his friend Hirah the Adullamite.