Numbers 27:17

who will go out before them, and who will come in before them, ¹  and who will lead them out, and who will bring them in, so that ²  the community of the Lord may not be like sheep that have no shepherd.”

De 31:2; 1Sa 8:20; 1Sa 18:13; 2Sa 5:2; 1Ki 3:7; 1Ki 22:17; 2Ch 1:10; 2Ch 18:16; Eze 34:5; Zec 10:2; Zec 13:7; Mt 9:36; Mt 10:6; Mt 15:24; Mr 6:34; Joh 10:3,4,9; 1Pe 2:25

¹ sn This is probably technical terminology for a military leader (Josh 14:11; 1 Sam 18:13-16; 1 Kgs 3:7; 2 Kgs 11:9). The image of a shepherd can also be military in nature (1 Kgs 22:17).

² tn The Hebrew text has the conjunction with the negated imperfect tense, “and it will not be.” This clause should be subordinated to the preceding to form a result clause, and the imperfect then function as a final imperfect.