Num 27:17, 1Sa 18:5, 16 | ESV | STEP | who shall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in , that the congregation of the Lord may not be as sheep that have no shepherd .

a Deut. 31:2; 1 Sam. 8:20; 18:13; 1 Kgs. 3:7; 2 Chr. 1:10; [Josh. 14:11]

b 1 Kgs. 22:17; Ezek. 34:5; Zech. 10:2; Matt. 9:36; Mark 6:34

Numbers 27:17

17 who ^ashall go out before them and come in before them, who shall lead them out and bring them in, that the congregation of the Lord may not be ^bas sheep that have no shepherd.”

1 Samuel 18:5

5 And David went out ^cand was successful wherever Saul sent him, so that Saul set him over the men of war. And this was good in the sight of all the people and also in the sight of Saul’s servants.

1 Samuel 18:16

16 ^dBut all Israel and Judah loved David, for he went out and came in before them.