Leviticus 27:32

27:32 All the tithe of herd or flock, everything which passes under the rod, the tenth one will be holy to the Lord. ¹ 

Luke 15:4

15:4 “Which one ²  of you, if he has a hundred ³  sheep and loses one of them, would not leave the ninety-nine in the open pasture ⁴  and go look for ⁵  the one that is lost until he finds it? ⁶ 

John 10:3-4

10:3 The doorkeeper ⁷  opens the door ⁸  for him, ⁹  and the sheep hear his voice. He ¹⁰  calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. ¹¹  10:4 When he has brought all his own sheep ¹²  out, he goes ahead of them, and the sheep follow him because they recognize ¹³  his voice.

[27:32]  ¹ sn The tithed animal was the tenth one that passed under the shepherd’s rod or staff as they were being counted (see J. E. Hartley, Leviticus [WBC], 485, and B. A. Levine, Leviticus [JPSTC], 200).

[15:4]  ² tn Grk “What man.” The Greek word ἄνθρωπος (anqrwpo") is used here in a somewhat generic sense.

[15:4]  ³ sn This individual with a hundred sheep is a shepherd of modest means, as flocks often had up to two hundred head of sheep.

[15:4]  ⁴ tn Or “desert,” but here such a translation might suggest neglect of the 99 sheep left behind.

[15:4]  ⁵ tn Grk “go after,” but in contemporary English the idiom “to look for” is used to express this.

[15:4]  ⁶ sn Until he finds it. The parable pictures God’s pursuit of the sinner. On the image of Jesus as the Good Shepherd, see John 10:1-18.

[10:3]  ⁷ tn Or “porter” (British English).

[10:3]  ⁸ tn The words “the door” are not in the Greek text but are implied. Direct objects in Greek were often omitted when clear from the context.

[10:3]  ⁹ tn Grk “For this one.”

[10:3]  ¹⁰ tn Grk “And he.” Because of the difference between Greek style, which often begins sentences or clauses with “and,” and English style, which generally does not, καί (kai) has not been translated here.

[10:3]  ¹¹ sn He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out. Some interpreters have suggested that there was more than one flock in the fold, and there would be a process of separation where each shepherd called out his own flock. This may also be suggested by the mention of a doorkeeper in v. 3 since only the larger sheepfolds would have such a guard. But the Gospel of John never mentions a distinction among the sheep in this fold; in fact (10:16) there are other sheep which are to be brought in, but they are to be one flock and one shepherd.

[10:4]  ¹² tn The word “sheep” is not in the Greek text, but is implied.

[10:4]  ¹³ tn Grk “because they know.”