Numbers 27:17

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

Your people need someone to lead them into battle, or else they will be like sheep wandering around without a shepherd.”

Cross References

2 Samuel 5:2

Even when Saul was king, you led our nation in battle. And the LORD promised that some day you would rule Israel and take care of us like a shepherd.”

1 Kings 22:17

He answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers walking around in the hills like sheep without a shepherd to guide them. The LORD said, ‘This army has no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”

1 Kings 3:7

LORD God, I'm your servant, and you've made me king in my father's place. But I'm very young and know so little about being a leader.

2 Kings 11:8

Make sure they follow him wherever he goes, and tell them to keep their swords ready to kill anyone who tries to get near him.

2 Chronicles 1:10

and make me wise. Give me the knowledge I'll need to be the king of this great nation of yours.

2 Chronicles 18:16

Micaiah answered, “In a vision I saw Israelite soldiers wandering around, lost in the hills like sheep without a shepherd. The LORD said, ‘These troops have no leader. They should go home and not fight.’ ”

Ezekiel 34:5

They strayed in every direction, and because there was no shepherd to watch them, they were attacked and eaten by wild animals.

Zechariah 10:2

You can't believe idols and fortune-tellers, or depend on the hope you receive from witchcraft and interpreters of dreams. But you have tried all of these, and now you are like sheep without a shepherd.

Zechariah 13:7

The LORD All-Powerful said: My sword, wake up! Attack my shepherd and friend. Strike down the shepherd! Scatter the little sheep, and I will destroy them.

Matthew 10:6

Go only to the people of Israel, because they are like a flock of lost sheep.

Matthew 15:24

Jesus said, “I was sent only to the people of Israel! They are like a flock of lost sheep.”

Matthew 9:36

When he saw the crowds, he felt sorry for them. They were confused and helpless, like sheep without a shepherd.

Mark 6:34

When Jesus got out of the boat, he saw the large crowd that was like sheep without a shepherd. He felt sorry for the people and started teaching them many things.

John 10:9

I am the gate. All who come in through me will be saved. Through me they will come and go and find pasture.

Deuteronomy 31:2

I am a hundred and twenty years old, and I am no longer able to be your leader. And besides that, the LORD your God has told me that he won't let me cross the River Jordan.

1 Peter 2:25

You had wandered away like sheep. Now you have returned to the one who is your shepherd and protector.

1 Samuel 18:13

Saul put David in charge of a thousand soldiers and sent him out to fight.