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We are all sheep or are we bulls?

, All of us, like sheep, have strayed away.

We have left God’s paths to follow our own.

Why are we like sheep?

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament 1864 צאן

Sheep frequently serve as a symbol for the people of God (Num 27:17). The imagery indicates the people are naive and must be led and protected by a compassionate shepherd (Ps 100:3). The sheep too have the responsibility of responding to the voice of their master (Ps 95:7). When they are wayward, they must confess their wrong and return to the Lord (Isa 53:6).

, Each day you must sacrifice a young bull as a sin offering to purify them, making them right with the LORD.

Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament 1831 פרר

Young bull, bullock, referred to 132 times in the OT (KB, p. 775, derives par from pārar III, “turn away, be untamed, unmannerly”).

Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015), .

Tyndale House Publishers, Holy Bible: New Living Translation (Carol Stream, IL: Tyndale House Publishers, 2015), .