You handed us ¹  over like sheep to be eaten; you scattered us among the nations.

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

¹ “Foreigners will take care of ²  your sheep; foreigners will work in your fields and vineyards.

Go ¹  instead to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

So ¹  he answered, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

He ¹  will put the sheep on his right and the goats on his left.

The one who enters by the door is the shepherd of the sheep.

“I am the good ¹  shepherd. The good shepherd lays down his life ²  for the sheep.

Because he is a hired hand and is not concerned about the sheep, ¹  he runs away. ² 

But you refuse to believe because you are not my sheep.

My sheep listen to my voice, and I know them, and they follow me.

When Jacob saw Rachel, the daughter of his uncle Laban, ¹  and the sheep of his uncle Laban, he ²  went over ³  and rolled the stone off the mouth of the well and watered the sheep of his uncle Laban. ⁴ 

There was a man in Maon whose business was in Carmel. This man was very wealthy; ¹  he owned three thousand sheep and a thousand goats. At that time he was shearing his sheep in Carmel.

King Hezekiah of Judah supplied 1,000 bulls and 7,000 sheep ¹  for the assembly, while the officials supplied them ²  with 1,000 bulls and 10,000 sheep. Many priests consecrated themselves.

My sheep wandered over all the mountains and on every high hill. My sheep were scattered over the entire face of the earth with no one looking or searching for them.

Like the sheep for offerings, like the sheep of Jerusalem ¹  during her appointed feasts, so will the ruined cities be filled with flocks of people. Then they will know that I am the Lord.”

Look, at that time I will deal with those who mistreated you. I will rescue the lame sheep ¹  and gather together the scattered sheep. I will take away their humiliation and make the whole earth admire and respect them. ² 

Abraham took some sheep and cattle and gave them to Abimelech. The two of them made a treaty. ¹ 

“Is he well?” ¹  Jacob asked. They replied, “He is well. ²  Now look, here comes his daughter Rachel with the sheep.”

While he was still speaking with them, Rachel arrived with her father’s sheep, for she was tending them. ¹