17 who (A)will go out [a]and come in before them, and lead them out and [b]bring them in, so that the congregation of the Lord will not be (B)like sheep that have no shepherd.”

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  1. Numbers 27:17 Lit before them and who will
  2. Numbers 27:17 Lit who will bring

17 So he said,

“I saw all Israel
Scattered on the mountains,
(A)Like sheep that have no shepherd.
And the Lord said,
‘These people have no master.
Each of them is to return to his house in peace.’”

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They (A)scattered for lack of a shepherd, and they became (B)food for every animal of the field and scattered.

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I will (A)turn your cities to ruins,
And you will become a desolation.
Then you will know that I am the Lord.

Since you have had everlasting (B)hostility and have turned over the sons of Israel to the power of the sword at the time of their disaster, at the time of the [a](C)punishment of the end, therefore as I live,” declares the Lord God, “I will certainly [b]doom you to (D)bloodshed, and bloodshed will pursue you; since you have not hated bloodshed, therefore bloodshed will pursue you. I will make Mount Seir a waste and a desolation and I will eliminate from it one who passes through and returns. I will (E)fill its mountains with its slain; those killed by the sword will fall on your hills, in your valleys, and in all your ravines.

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  1. Ezekiel 35:5 Or injustice
  2. Ezekiel 35:6 Lit make bloodshed of you

36 (A)Seeing the crowds, He felt compassion for them, (B)because they were [a]distressed and downcast, like sheep [b]without a shepherd.

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  1. Matthew 9:36 Or weary
  2. Matthew 9:36 Lit not having

34 When Jesus went [a]ashore, He (A)saw a large crowd, and He felt compassion for them because (B)they were like sheep without a shepherd; and He began to teach them many things.

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  1. Mark 6:34 Lit out

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