Genesis 31:38
Context31:38 “I have been with you for the past twenty years. Your ewes and female goats have not miscarried, nor have I eaten rams from your flocks.
Ezekiel 34:10
Context34:10 This is what the sovereign Lord says: Look, I am against the shepherds, and I will demand my sheep from their hand. I will no longer let them be shepherds; 1 the shepherds will not feed themselves anymore. I will rescue my sheep from their mouth, so that they will no longer be food for them.
Ezekiel 34:21
Context34:21 Because you push with your side and your shoulder, and thrust your horns at all the weak sheep until you scatter them abroad, 2
John 10:1
Context10:1 “I tell you the solemn truth, 3 the one who does not enter the sheepfold 4 by the door, 5 but climbs in some other way, is a thief and a robber.
[34:10] 1 tn Heb “I will cause them to cease from feeding sheep.”
[10:1] 3 tn Grk “Truly, truly, I say to you.”
[10:1] 4 sn There was more than one type of sheepfold in use in Palestine in Jesus’ day. The one here seems to be a courtyard in front of a house (the Greek word used for the sheepfold here, αὐλή [aulh] frequently refers to a courtyard), surrounded by a stone wall (often topped with briars for protection).