Topic
Sheep-fold
8 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Numbers 32:24Easton
Build you cities for your little ones, and folds for your sheep; and do that which hath proceeded out of your mouth.
- 1 Chronicles 17:7Easton
Now therefore thus shalt thou say unto my servant David, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, I took thee from the sheepcote, even from following the sheep, that thou shouldest be ruler over my people Israel:
- Psalms 50:9Easton
I will take no bullock out of thy house, nor he goats out of thy folds.
- Psalms 78:70Easton
He chose David also his servant, and took him from the sheepfolds:
- Matthew 26:31Easton
Then saith Jesus unto them, All ye shall be offended because of me this night: for it is written, I will smite the shepherd, and the sheep of the flock shall be scattered abroad.
- Luke 2:8Easton
And there were in the same country shepherds abiding in the field, keeping watch over their flock by night.
- John 10:16Easton
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.
- 1 Corinthians 9:7Easton
Who goeth a warfare any time at his own charges? who planteth a vineyard, and eateth not of the fruit thereof? or who feedeth a flock, and eateth not of the milk of the flock?
In the reference works
Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897) · 8 references
A strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it (Num. 32:24; 1 Chr. 17:7; Ps. 50:9; 78:70). In John 10:16 the Authorized Version renders by “fold” two distinct Greek words, aule and poimne, the latter of which properly means a “flock,” and is so rendered in the Revised Version. (See also Matt. 26:31; Luke 2:8; 1 Cor. 9:7.) (See FOLD.)
Texts: Easton's Bible Dictionary (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.