FROM TORREY’S TOPICAL TEXTBOOK (1897)

Torrey’s Topical Textbook (1897) — public domain, printed whole.

- Early mention of

Ge 4:2

- Usually carried a scrip or bag

1Sa 17:40

- Carried a staff or rod

Le 27:32; Ps 23:4

- Dwelt in tents while tending their flocks

So 1:8; Isa 38:12

- Members of the family both male and female acted as

Ge 29:6; 1Sa 16:11; 17:15

- Had hired keepers under them

1Sa 17:20

- The unfaithfulness of hireling, alluded to

Joh 10:12

- CARE OF THE SHEEP BY, EXHIBITED IN

. Knowing them

Joh 10:14

. Going before and leading them

Ps 77:20; 78:52; 80:1

. Seeking out good pasture for them

1Ch 4:39-41; Ps 23:2

. Numbering them when they return from pasture

Jer 33:13

. Watching over them by night

Lu 2:8

. Tenderness to the ewes in lamb, and to the young

Ge 33:13,14; Ps 78:71

. Defending them when attacked by wild beasts

1Sa 17:34-36; Am 3:12

. Searching them out when lost and straying

Eze 34:12; Lu 15:4,5

. Attending them when sick

Eze 34:16

- An abomination to the Egyptians

Ge 46:34

- ILLUSTRATIVE

. Of God as leader of Israel

Ps 77:20; 80:1

. Of Christ as the good shepherd

Eze 34:23; Zec 13:7; Joh 10:14; Heb 13:20

. Of kings as the leaders of the people

Isa 44:28; Jer 6:3; 49:19

. Of ministers of the gospel

Jer 23:4

. (Searching out straying sheep,) of Christ seeking the lost

Eze 34:12; Lu 15:2-7

. (Their care and tenderness,) of tenderness of Christ

Isa 40:11; Eze 34:13-16

. (Ignorant and foolish,) of bad ministers

Isa 56:11; Jer 50:6; Eze 34:2,10; Zec 11:7,8,15-17