Numbers 27:17

Joshua Succeeds Moses

¹⁶ “May the Lord, the God of the spirits of all flesh, appoint a man over the community ¹⁷ who will go out before them and come back in before them, and who will bring them out and bring them in, so that the Lord’s community won’t be like sheep without a shepherd.” ¹⁸ The Lord replied to Moses, “Take Joshua son of Nun, a man who has the Spirit in him, and lay your hands on him.

Congregation of the Lord

People of the Lord

Sheep that Have No Shepherd

Sheep Without A Shepherd

Jehovah

No

Deuteronomy 31:2

saying, “I am now 120 years old; I can no longer act as your leader. The Lord has told me, ‘You will not cross this Jordan.’

1 Kings 22:17

So Micaiah said:

I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
like sheep without a shepherd.
And the Lord said,
“They have no master;
let everyone return home in peace.”

Ezekiel 34:5

They were scattered for lack of a shepherd; they became food for all the wild animals when they were scattered.

Matthew 9:36

When He saw the crowds, He felt compassion for them, because they were weary and worn out, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

So as He stepped ashore, He saw a huge crowd and had compassion on them, because they were like sheep without a shepherd. Then He began to teach them many things.

2 Chronicles 1:10

Now grant me wisdom and knowledge so that I may lead these people, for who can judge this great people of Yours?”

Zechariah 10:2

For the idols speak falsehood,
and the diviners see illusions;
they relate empty dreams
and offer empty comfort.
Therefore the people wander like sheep;
they suffer affliction because there is no shepherd.

1 Samuel 8:20

Then we’ll be like all the other nations: our king will judge us, go out before us, and fight our battles.”

1 Samuel 18:13

Therefore, Saul reassigned David and made him commander over 1,000 men. David led the troops

1 Kings 3:7

“Lord my God, You have now made Your servant king in my father David’s place. Yet I am just a youth with no experience in leadership.

2 Samuel 5:2

Even while Saul was king over us, you were the one who led us out to battle and brought us back. The Lord also said to you, ‘You will shepherd My people Israel and be ruler over Israel.’”

2 Chronicles 18:16

So Micaiah said:

I saw all Israel scattered on the hills
like sheep without a shepherd.
And the Lord said,
“They have no master;
let each return home in peace.”

Zechariah 13:7

Sword, awake against My shepherd,
against the man who is My associate—
this is the declaration of the Lord of Hosts.
Strike the shepherd, and the sheep will be scattered;
I will also turn My hand against the little ones.

Matthew 10:6

Instead, go to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.

Matthew 15:24

He replied, “I was sent only to the lost sheep of the house of Israel.”

John 10:3-4

The doorkeeper opens it for him, and the sheep hear his voice. He calls his own sheep by name and leads them out.

John 10:9

I am the door. If anyone enters by Me, he will be saved and will come in and go out and find pasture.

1 Peter 2:25

For you were like sheep going astray,
but you have now returned
to the Shepherd and Guardian of your souls.