20222310 THE SHEPHARD THE SHEEP (SARAH JAMES)

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Abraham, Moses, and David were all connected to shepherding, and all three were greatly esteemed in Jewish society. God is also pictured as a shepherd in the Old Testament. One of the most famous verses in all of Scripture proclaims this: “The Lord is my shepherd”
Sheep are mentioned in the Bible more than 500 times, more than any other animal. The prominence of sheep in the Bible grows out of two realities. Sheep were important to the nomads and agricultural life of the Hebrews and similar peoples.