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Jer. xil, 3. But thou, O LORD, knowest me: thou hast seen me, and tried mine heart toward thee: pull them out like sheep for the slaughter, and prepare them for the day of slaughter.

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OF INNOCENCE AND HELPLESSNESS. Gen. xxii, 13. And Abraham lifted up his eyes, and looked, and behold behind him a ram caught in a thicket by his horns: and Abraham went and took the ram, and offered him up for a burnt offering in the stead of his son.

Num. xxvii, 17. Which may go out before them, and which may go in before them, and which may lead them out, and which may bring them in; that the congregation of the LORD be not as sheep which have no shepherd.

1 Kin. xxii, 17. And he said, I saw all Israel scattered upon the hills, as sheep that have not a shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master: let them return every man to his house in peace.

2 Chron. Xvill, 16. Then he said,

I did see all Israel scattered

upon the mountains, as sheep that have no shepherd: and the LORD said, These have no master; let them return therefore every man to his house in peace.

P3. xliv, 22. Yea, for thy sako are wo killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter

Ps. cxix, 176. I have gone astray like a lost sheep; seek thy servant; for I do not forget thy commandments.

Isa. lii, 7. He was oppressed, and he was afflicted, yet he opened not his mouth: he is brought as a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is dumb, so he openeth not his

mouth.

Zech. xiii, 7. Awake, O sword, against my shepherd, and against the man that is my fellow, saith the LORD of hosts: smite the shepherd, and the sheep shall be scattered: and I will turn mine hand upon the little ones.

Matth. ix, 36. But when he saw the multitudes, he was moved with compassion on them, because they fainted, and were scattered abroad, as sheep having no shepherd.

Matth. x, 6. But go rather to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matth. xv, 24. But he answered and said, I am not sent but unto the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Mark vi, 34. And Jesus, when he came out saw much people, and was moved with compassion toward them, because they were as sheep not having a shepherd: and he began to teach them inany things.

Acts viii, 32. The place of the scripture which he read was this, He was led as a sheep to the slaughter, and like a lamb dumb before his shearer, so opened he not his mouth.

Rom. vili, 36. As it is written, For thy sake we are killed all the day long; we are counted as sheep for the slaughter.

1 Pet. ii, 25. For ye were as sheep going astray; but are now returned unto the Shepherd and Bishop of your souls.

PASTURES AND FOLDS. Gen. xxi, 28-30. And Abraham set seven ewe lambs of the flock And Abimelech by themselves. said unto Abraham, What mean these seven ewe lambs which thou hast set by themselves? And he said, For these seven ewe lambs shalt thou take of my hand, that they may be a witness unto me, that I have digged this well.

Gen. xxix, 2, 8, 7, 8, 10. And he looked, and behold a well in the field, and, lo, there were three flocks of sheep lying by it; for out of that well they watered the

mouth; then we water the sheep. And it came to pass, When Jacob saw Rachel the daughter of Laban his mother's brother, and the sheep of Laban his mother's brother, that Jacob went near, and rolled the stone from the well's mouth, and watered the flock of Laban his mother's brother.

Exod. ii, 16-19. Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and filled the troughs to water and they came and drew water. And the their father's flock. away: but Moses stood up and shepherds came and drove them helped them, and watered their flock.

And when they came to Reuel their father, he said, How is it that ye are come so soon to day? And they said, An Egyptian delivered us out of the hand of the shepherds, and also drew water enough for us, and watered the flock.

Num. xxxii, 16. And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle and cities for our little ones.

Judg. v, 16. Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the fiocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

1 Chron. iv, 39, 40. And they went to the entrance of Gedor, even unto the east side of the valley, to seek pasture for their flocks. And they found fat pasture and good, and the land was wide, of Ham had dwelt there of old. and quiet, and peaceablo; for they

Çant. i, 7, 8. Tell me, O thou whom my soul loveth, where thou feedest, where thou makest thy flock to rest at noon: for why should I be as one that turneth aside by the flocks of thy companions? If thou know not, O thou fairest among women, go thy way forth by the footsteps of the flock, and feed thy kids beside the shepherds' tents.

Çant. iv, 1. Behold, thou art fair, my love; behold, thou art fair; thou hast doves' eyes within thy locks: thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

Jer. 1, 6, 17. My people hath been lost sheep: their shepherds have caused them to go astray, they have turned them away on the mountains: they have gone from mountain to hill, they have Çant. vi, 5, 6. Turn away thine forgotten their restingplace. Israel is a scattered sheep; the flocks; and a great stone was upon eyes from me, for they have over

lions have driven him away: first the king of Assyria hath devoured

And thither the well's mouth. were all the flocks gathered; and

come me: thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

him; and last this Nebuchadrezzar they rolled the stone from the Thy teeth are as a flock of sheep

king of Babylon hath broken his

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well's mouth, and watered the sheep, and put the stone again upon the well's mouth in his place. And he said, Lo, it is yet high day, neither is it time that the cattle should be gathered together: water ye the sheep, and go and feed them. And they said, We cannot, until all the flocks be gathered together, and till they roll the stone from the well's

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which go up from the washing, whereof every one beareth twins, amd there is not one barren among

them.

Ezek. xxvil, 21. Arabia, and all the princes of Kedar, they occupied with thee in lambs, and rams, and goats: in these were they thy merchants.

Ezek. xxxiv, 14, 15. I will feed

them in a good pasture, and upon the high mountains of Israel shall their fold be: there shall they lie in a good fold, and in a fat pasture shall they feed upon the mountains of Israel. I will feed my flock, and I will cause them to lie down, saith the Lord God.

Micah ii, 12. I will surely assemble, O Jacob, all of thee; I will surely gather the remnant of Is. rael; I will put them together as the sheep of Bozrah, as the flock in the midst of their fold: they shall make great noise by reason of the multitude of men.

Zeph. ii, 6, 7. And the sea coast shall be dwellings and cottages for shepherds, and folds for flocks. And the coast shall be for the

remnant of the house of Judah; they shall feed thereupon: in the houses of Ashkelon shall they lie down in the evening: for the LORD their God shall visit them, and turn away their captivity.

his father's house, I will go up,
and shew Pharaoh, and say unto
him, My brethren, and my father's
house, which were in the land of
Canaan, are come unto me; And
the men are shepherds, for their
trade hath been to feed cattle; and
they have brought their flocks,
and their herds, and all that they
have. And it shall come to pass,
when Pharaoh shall call you, and
shall say, What is your occupa-
tion? That ye shall say, Thy ser-
vants' trade hath been about
cattle from our youth even until
now, both we, and also our fathers:
that ye may dwell in the land of
Goshen; for every shepherd is an
abomination unto the Egyptians.

Gen. xlvii. 3, 5, 6. And Pharaoh
said unto his brethren, What is
your occupation? And they said
unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are
shepherds, both we, and also our
fathers. And Pharaoh spake un-
to Joseph, saying, Thy father and
thy brethren are come unto thee.
The land of Egypt is before thee;
in the best of the land make thy
father and brethren to dwell; in
the land of Goshen let them dwell:
and if thou knowest any men of
activity among them, then make

TENDING THE FLOCK. Gen. iv, 2. And she again bare his brother Abel. And Abel was a keeper of sheep, but Cain was a tiller of the ground. Gen. xxix, 6, 9. And he said un-them rulers over my cattle. to them, Is he well? And they said, He is well: and, behold, Rachel his daughter cometh with the sheep. And while he yet spake with them, Rachel came with her father's sheep: for she kept them.

Exod. iil, 1. Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.

1 Sam. xvi, 11. And Samuel said

be ruler over my people, over Israel.

Luke i, 8. And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.

unto you, He that entereth not by John x, 1-6. Verily, verily, I say the door' into the sheepfold, but climbeth up some other way, the

same is a thief and a robber. But

he that entereth in by the door is the shepherd of the sheep. To him the porter openeth; and the sheep hear his voice: and he calleth his own sheep by name, and putteth forth his own sheep, he goeth before them, and the sheep follow him: for they know his voice. And a stranger will they not follow, but will flee from him: for they know not the voice of strangers. This parable spake Jesus unto them: but they understood not what things they were which he spake unto them.

leadeth them out. And when he

P3. xxiii, 1-4. The LORD is my shepherd; I shall not want. He maketh me to lie down in green pastures: he leadeth me beside the still waters. He restoreth my soul: he leadeth me in the paths of righteousness for his name's sake. Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me; thy rod and thy staff they

comfort me.

Gen. xxx, 35, 36. And he remov-unto Jesse, Are here all thy chil-people like a flock by the hand of

dren? And he said, There re-
maineth yet the youngest, and, be-
hold, he keepeth the sheep. And
Samuel said unto Jesse, Send and

Ps. lxxvii, 20. Thou leddest thy Moses and Aaron.

people to go forth like sheep, and P3. lxxviii, 52. But made his own

ed that day the he goats that were ringstraked and spotted, and all the she goats that were speckled and spotted, and every one that had some white in it, and all the fetch him: for we will not sit down guided them in the wilderness like

brown among the sheep, and gave them into the hand of his sons. And he set three days' journey betwixt himself and Jacob: and Jacob fed the rest of Laban's flocks.

Gen. xxxl, 38, 39. This twenty years have I been with thee; thy ewes and thy she goats have not cast their young, and the rams of thy flock have I not eaten. That which was torn of beasts I brought not unto thee; I bare the loss of it; of my hand didst thou require it, whether stolen by day, or stolen by night.

Gen. xxxiii, 13. And he said unto him. My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

Gen. xxxvii, 12. And his brethren went to feed their father's

flock in Shechem.

Gen. xlvi, 31-34. And Joseph said unto his brethren, and unto

till he come hither.

1 Sam. xvii, 15, 20. But David went and returned from Saul to feed his father's sheep at Bethlehem. And David rose up early in the morning, and left the sheep with a keeper.

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1 Sam. xxiv, 3. And he came to the sheepcotes by the way, where was a cave; and Saul went in to cover his feet: and David and his men remained in the sides of the cave.

1 Sam. xxv, 15, 16. But the men were very good unto us, and we were not hurt, neither missed we any thing, as long as we were conversant with them, when we were in the fields: They were a wall unto us both by night and day, all the while we were with them keeping the sheep.

2 Sam. vii, 8. Now therefore so shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, from following the sheep, to

a flock.

Ps. lxxx, 1-3. Give ear, O Shepherd of Israel, thou that leadest Joseph like a flock; thou that dwellest between the cherubims, shine forth. Before Ephraim and Benjamin and Manasseh stir up thy strength, and come and save us. Turn us again, O God, and cause thy face to shine; and we shall be saved.

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Ps. c, 3. We are his people, and the sheep of his pasture. Isa. xiii, 14. And it shall be as the chased roe, and as a sheep that no man taketh up: they shall every man turn to his own people, and flee every one into his own land.

Isa. xxxviii, 12. Mino age is departed, and is removed from mo as a shepherd's tent: I have cut off like a weaver my life: he will cut me off with pining sickness:

from day even to night wilt thou make an end of me.

Isa. xl, 11. He shall feed his flock like a shepherd: he shall

gather the lambs with his arms, and carry them in his bosom, and shall gently lead those that are with young.

Isa. xliv, 28. That saith of Cyrus, He is my shepherd, and shall perform all my pleasure: even saying to Jerusalem, Thou shalt be built; and to the temple, Thy foundation shall be laid.

Isa. Ixiii, 11. Then he remembered the days of old. Moses, and his people, saying, Where is he that brought them up out of the sea with the shepherd of his flock? where is he that put his holy

Spirit within him?

Jer. vi, 3. The shepherds with their flocks shall come unto her, they shall pitch their tents against her round about; they shall feed every one in his place.

Jer. xiii, 20. Lift up your eyes, and behold them that come from the north: where is the flock that was given thee, thy beautiful flock?

Jer. xxili, 4. And I will set up shepherds over them which shall feed them: and they shall fear no more, nor be dismayed, neither shall they be lacking, saith the LORD.

hands of him that telleth them,
saith the LORD.

between the rams and the hegoats. Seemeth it a small thing Ezek. xxxiv, 1, 2, 4-13, 16-26, 28- unto you to have eaten up the 31. And the word of the LORD good pasture, but ye must tread came unto me, saying, Son of man, down with your feet the residue prophesy against the shepherds of your pastures? and to have of Israel, prophesy, and say unto drunk of the deep waters, but ye them, Thus saith the Lord GOD must foul the residue with your unto the shepherds; Woe be to the feet? And as for my flock, they shepherds of Israel that do feed eat that which ye have trodden themselves! should not the shep. with your feet; and they drink herds feed the flocks? The dis- that which ye have fouled with eased have ye not strengthened, your feet. Therefore thus saith neither have ye healed that which the Lord GOD unto them; Behold, Was sick, neither have ye bound I, even I, will judge between the up that which was broken, neither fat cattle and between the lean have ye brought again that which cattle. Because ye have thrust sought that which was lost; but was driven away, neither have ye with side and with shoulder, and pushed all the diseased with your with force and with cruelty have horns, till ye have scattered them ye ruled them. And they were abroad; Therefore will I save my scattered, because there is no shep-flock, and they shall no more be a herd: and they became meat to all prey; and I will judge between the beasts of the field, when they cattle and cattle. And I will set were scattered. My sheep wan-up one shepherd over them, and dered through all the mountains, he shall feed them, even my serand upon every high hill: yea, my vant David; he shall feed them, flock was scattered upon all the and he shall be their shepherd. face of the earth, and none did And I the LORD will be their God, search or seek after them. There- and my servant David a prince fore, ye shepherds, hear the word among them; I the LORD have of the LORD; As I live, saith the spoken it. And I will make with Lord GOD, surely because my them a covenant of peace, and will flock became a prey, and my flock cause the evil beasts to cease out became meat to every beast of the of the land: and they shall dwell safely in the wilderness, and sleep in the woods. And I will make my hill a blessing, and I will them and the places round about cause the shower to come down in his season; there shall be showers of blessing. And they shall no more be a prey to the heathen, neither shall the beast of the land devour them; but they shall dwell safely, and none shall make them afraid. And I will raise up for them a plant of renown, and they shall be no more consumed bear the shame of the heathen any with hunger in the land, neither more. Thus shall they know that them, and that they, even the I the LORD their God am with house of Israel, are my people, flock, the flock of my pasture, are saith the Lord GOD. And ye my men, and I am your God, saith the Lord GOD.

Jer. xxxi, 10. Hear the word of the LORD, O ye nations, and de-field, because there was no shepclare it in the isles afar off, and say. He that scattered Israel will gather him, and keep him, as a shepherd doth his flock.

Jer. xliii, 12. And I will kindle a fire in the houses of the gods of Egypt; and he shall burn them, and carry them away captives: and he shall array himself with the land of Egypt, as a shepherd putteth on his garment; and he shall go forth from thence in peace.

Jer. xxv, 34-36. Howl, ye shepherds, and cry; and wallow yourselves in the ashes, ye principal of the flock: for the days of your slaughter and of your dispersions are accomplished; and ye shall fall like a pleasant vessel. And the shepherds shall have no way to flee, nor the principal of the flock to escape. A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture.

Jer. xxxill, 12, 13. Thus saith the LORD of hosts; Again in this place, which is desolate without man and without beast, and in all the cities thereof, shall be an habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down. In the cities of the mountains. in the cities of the vale, and in the cities of the south, and in the land of Benjamin, and in the places about Jerusalem, and in the cities of Judah, shall the flocks pass again under the

herd, neither did my shepherds
herds fed themselves, and fed not
search for my flock, but the shep-
my flock; Therefore, O ye shep-
herds, hear the word of the LORD;
Thus saith the Lord God; Behold,
I am against the shepherds; and
I will require my flock at their
hand, and cause them to cease
from feeding the flock; neither
shall the shepherds feed them-
selves any more; for I will deliver
my flock from their mouth that
For thus saith the Lord GOD, Be-
they may not be meat for them.
hold, I, even I, will both search
As a shepherd seeketh out his
my sheep, and seek them out.
flock in the day that he is among
will I seek out my sheep, and will
his sheep that are scattered; so
deliver them out of all places
where they have been scattered
in the cloudy and dark day. And
I will bring them out from the
people, and gather them from the
countries, and will bring them to
their own land, and feed them up-
on the mountains of Israel by the
rivers and in all the inhabited
places of the country. I will seek
that which was lost, and bring
again that which was driven
away, and will bind up that which
was broken, and will strengthen
that which was sick: but I will
destroy the fat and the strong; I
will feed them with judgment.
And as for you, O my flock, thus
saith the Lord GoD; Behold, I
judge between cattle and cattle,

LORD will roar from Zion, and Amos i, 2. And he said, The utter his voice from Jerusalem; and the habitations of the shepherds shall mourn, and the top of Carmel shall wither.

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Zech. xi, 3-10, 15-17. There is a

voice of the howling of the shepherds; for their glory is spoiled: a voice of the roaring of young lions; for the pride of Jordan is spoiled. Thus saith the LORD my God; Feed the flock of the slaughter, Whose possessors slay them, and hold themselves not guilty: and they that sell them say, Blessed be the LORD; for I am rich: and their own shepherds pity them not. For I will no more pity the inhabitants of the land, saith the Lord: but, lo, I will deliver the men every one into his neighbour's hand, and into the hand of his king: and they shall smite the land, and out of their hand I will not deliver them. And I will feed the flock of slaughter, even you, O poor of the flock And I took unto me two staves; the one I called Beauty, and the other I called Bands; and I fed the flock. Three shepherds also I cut off in one month; and my soul lothed them, and their soul also abhorred me. Then said I, I will not feed you: that that dieth, let it die; and that that is to be cut off, let it be cut off; and let the rest eat every one the flesh of another. And I took my staff, even Beauty, and cut it asunder, that I might break my covenant which I had made with all the people. And the LORD said unto me, Take unto thee yet the instruments of a foolish shepherd. For, lo, I will raise up a shepherd in the land, which shall not visit those that he cut off, neither shall seek the young one, nor heal that that is broken, nor feed that that standeth still. but he shall eat the flesh of the

fat, and tear their claws in pieces. Woe to the idol shepherd that leaveth the flock! the sword shall be upon his arm, and upon his right cye: his arm shall be clean dried up, and his right eye shall be utterly darkened.

Matth. xviii, 12, 13. How think ye? if a man hath an hundred sheep, and one of them be gone astray, doth he not leave the ninety and nine, and goeth into

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John x, 7-11, 13-16, 26. Then said Jesus unto them again, Verily, verily, I say unto you, I am

the door of the sheep. All that ever came before me are thieves and robbers: but the sheep did not hear them. I am the door: by me if any man enter in, he shall be saved, and shall go in and out, and not, but for to steal, and to kill, find pasture. The thief cometh and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly. I am the good shepherd: the good shepherd giveth his life for the sheep. The hireling fleeth, because he is an hireling, and careth not for the sheep. I am the good shepherd, and know my sheep, and am known of mine. As the Father knoweth me, even so know I the Father: and I lay down my life for the sheep. And other sheep I have, which are not of this fold: them also I must bring, and they shall hear my Voice; and there shall be one fold, and one shepherd. But ye be lieve not, because ye are not of my sheep, as I said unto you.

He

John xxi, 15, 16. So when they had dined, Jesus saith to Simon Peter, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me more than these? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. saith unto him, Feed my lambs. He saith to him again the second time, Simon, son of Jonas, lovest thou me? He saith unto him, Yea, Lord; thou knowest that I love thee. He saith unto him, Feed my sheep.

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the flocks in the gutters in the watering troughs when the flocks came to drink, that they should

conceive when they came to drink. And the flocks conceived before

the rods, and brought forth cattle ringstraked, speckled, and spotted. And Jacob did separate the lambs, and set the faces of the flocks toward the ringstraked, and ban; and he put his own flocks by all the brown in the flock of Lathemselves, and put them not un

to Laban's cattle. And it came to cattle did conceive, that Jacob pass, whensoever the stronger laid the rods before the eyes of the cattle in the gutters, that they

But when the cattle were feeble, might conceive among the rods. he put them not in: so the feebler were Laban's, and the stronger Jacob's. And the man increased exceedingly, and had much cattle, and maidservants, and menser

vants, and camels, and asses.

Gen. xxxi, 8. 9. If he said thus,

The speckled shall be thy wages; then all the cattle bare speckled: and if he said thus, The ringstraked shall be thy hire; then bare all the cattle ringstraked. Thus God hath taken away the cattle of your father, and given them to me.

Deut. vii, 14. Thou shalt be blessed above all people: there shall not be male or female barren among you, or among your cattle.

Job xxi, 10. Their bull gendereth, and faileth not; their cow calveth, and casteth not her calf.

Ps. cvil, 41. Yet setteth he the poor on high from affliction, and maketh him families like a flock.

Ps. cxliv, 13. That our garners may be full, affording all manner of store: that our sheep may bring forth thousands and ten thousands

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GOAT.

LED IN FLOCKS. Gen. xxxii, 14. Two hundred she goats, and twenty he goats... Gen. xxxvii, 14, 31. And he said to him, Go, I pray thee, see whether it be well with thy brethren, and well with the flocks; and bring me word again. And they took Joseph's coat, and killed a kid of the goats, and dipped the coat in the blood.

1 Kin. xx, 27. And the children of Israel were numbered, and were all present, and went against them: and the children of Israel pitched before them like two little flocks of kids; but the Syrians filled the country.

visited his wife with a kid; and he bring into the house of the LORD
said, I will go in to my wife into thy God. Thou shalt not seethe a
the chamber. But her father kid in his mother's milk.
would not suffer him to go in.

Judges vi, 19. And Gideon went in, and made ready a kid, and unleavened cakes of an ephah of flour: the flesh he put in a basket, and he put the broth in a pot, and brought it out unto him under the oak, and presented it.

1 Sam. x, 3. Theu shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth-el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of

wine.

1 Sam. xvi, 20. And Jesse took an ass laden with bread, and a bottle of wine, and a kid, and sent them by David his son unto

Saul.

2 Chron. xvii, 11. Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver, and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thou- Luke xv, 29. And he answering sand and seven hundred he goats.said to his father, Lo, these many Cant. i, 8. Go thy way years do I serve thee, neither forth by the footsteps of the flock, transgressed I at any time thy and feed thy kids beside the commandment: and yet thou never shepherds' tents. gavest me a kid, that I might make merry with my friend. Cant. iv, 1. Thy hair is as a flock of goats, that appear from mount Gilead.

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1 Sam. xix, 13, 16. And Michal took an image, and laid it in the bed; and put a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster, and covered it with a cloth. And when the messengers were come in, behold, there was an image in the bed, with a pillow of goats' hair for his bolster.

Prov. xxvii, 26. 27. The lambs are for thy clothing, and the goats are the price of the field. And thou shalt have goats' milk enough for thy food, for the food of thy household, and for the maintenance for thy maidens.

SYMBOL OF MACEDON. Daniel viii, 3-7. Then I lifted up mine eyes, and saw, and, behold, there stood before the river a ram which had two horns: and the two horns were high; but one was higher than the other, and the higher came up last. I saw the rain pushing westward, and northward, and southward; so that no beasts might stand before him, neither was there any that could deliver out of his hand; but he did MILK, FLESH, AND HAIR. according to his will, and became Gen. xxvii, 9, 14, 16, 17. Go now great. And as I was considering, to the flock, and fetch me from behold, an he goat came from the thence two good kids of the goats; west on the face of the whole and I will make them savoury earth, and touched not the ground: meat for thy father, such as he and the goat had a notable horn loveth: And he went, and fetched, between his eyes. And he came and brought them to his mother: to the ram that had two horns, and his mother made savoury which I had seen standing before meat, such as his father loved. the river, and ran unto him in the And she put the skins of the kids fury of his power. And I saw him of the goats upon his hands, and come close unto the ram, and he upon the smooth of his neck: And was moved with choler against she gave the savoury meat and him, and smote the ram, and the bread, which she had pre- brake his two horns: and there pared, into the hand of her son PRE- Jacob.

Çant. vi, 5. Thy hair is as a flock of goats that appear from Gilead.

LED BY A HE GOAT.
Jer. 1, 8. Remove out of the

midst of Babylon, and go forth
out of the land of the Chaldeans,
and be as the he goats before the

flocks.

Jer. li. 40. I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with he goats.

KIDS A FREQUENT
SENT.

Gen. xxxviii, 17. And he said, I will send thee a kid from the flock. And she said, Wilt thou give me a pledge, till thou send

Judges xv. 1. But it came to pass within a while after, in the time of wheat harvest, that Samson

Exod. xxxv, 26. And all the women whose heart stirred them up in wisdom spun goats' hair.

Num. xxxi, 20. And purify all your raiment, and all that is made of skins, and all work of goats' hair, and all things made of wood.

Exod. xxiii. 19. The first of the firstfruits of thy land thou shalt 42

was no power in the ram to stand before him, but he cast him down to the ground, and stamped upon him: and there was none that could deliver the ram out of his hand.

OF THE WICKED.

Matth. xxv, 33. And he shall set the sheep on his right hand, but the goats on the left.

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