Tell the whole community of Israel, &#8216;In the tenth day of this month they each<n id="1" /> must take a lamb<n id="2" /> for themselves according to their families<n id="3" /> &#8211; a lamb for each household.<n id="4" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Therefore, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says to them: Look, I myself will judge between the fat sheep and the lean sheep.

Your lamb must be<n id="1" /> perfect,<n id="2" /> a male, one year old;<n id="3" /> you may take<n id="4" /> it from the sheep or from the goats.

You must not slaughter an ox or a sheep and its young<n id="1" /> on the same day.<n id="2" />

These are the animals you may eat: the ox, the sheep, the goat,

I will save my sheep; they will no longer be prey. I will judge between one sheep and another.p>

Let me walk among<n id="1" /> all your flocks today and remove from them every speckled or spotted sheep, every dark-colored lamb,<n id="2" /> and the spotted or speckled goats.<n id="3" /> These animals will be my wages.<n id="4" />

If the stolen item should in fact be found<n id="1" /> alive in his possession,<n id="2" /> whether it be an ox or a donkey or a sheep, he must pay back double.<n id="3" />p>

<t /><p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;Surely no man may consecrate a firstborn that already belongs to the <sc>Lordsc> as a firstborn among the animals; whether it is an ox or a sheep, it belongs to the <sc>Lordsc>.<n id="1" />

This shall be the priests&#8217; fair allotment<n id="1" /> from the people who offer sacrifices, whether bull or sheep &#8211; they must give to the priest the shoulder, the jowls, and the stomach.

<p class="bodytext">David replied to Saul, &#8220;Your servant has been a shepherd for his father&#8217;s flock. Whenever a lion or bear would come and carry off a sheep from the flock,

They will stay away from all the hills that were cultivated, for fear of the thorns and briers.<n id="1" /> Cattle will graze there and sheep will trample on them.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="poetry">You did not bring me lambs for your burnt offerings;p> <p class="poetry">you did not honor me with your sacrifices.p> <p class="poetry">I did not burden you with offerings;p> <p class="poetry">I did not make you weary by demanding<n id="1" /> incense.p>

<p class="poetry">&#8220;The people of Israel are like scattered sheepp> <p class="poetry">which lions have chased away.p> <p class="poetry">First the king of Assyria devoured them.<n id="1" />p> <p class="poetry">Now last of all King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon has gnawed their bones.<n id="2" />p>

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;As for you, my sheep, this is what the sovereign <sc>Lordsc> says: Look, I am about to judge between one sheep and another, between rams and goats.

<t /><n id="1" /><p class="bodytext"><v id="(21:37)" /><n id="2" /> &#8220;If a man steals an ox or a sheep and kills it or sells it, he must pay back<n id="3" /> five head of cattle for the ox, and four sheep for the one sheep.<n id="4" />p>

If a man gives his neighbor a donkey or an ox or a sheep or any beast to keep, and it dies or is hurt<n id="1" /> or is carried away<n id="2" /> without anyone seeing it,<n id="3" />

<p class="bodytext">&#8220;&#8216;If he cannot afford an animal from the flock,<n id="1" /> he must bring his penalty for guilt for his sin that he has committed,<n id="2" /> two turtledoves or two young pigeons,<n id="3" /> to the <sc>Lordsc>, one for a sin offering and one for a burnt offering.

If she cannot afford a sheep,<n id="1" /> then she must take two turtledoves or two young pigeons,<n id="2" /> one for a burnt offering and one for a sin offering, and the priest is to make atonement on her behalf, and she will be clean.&#8217;&#8221;<n id="3" />p>

So go now and strike down the Amalekites. Destroy everything that they have. Don&#8217;t spare<n id="1" /> them. Put them to death &#8211; man, woman, child, infant, ox, sheep, camel, and donkey alike.&#8217;&#8221;p>