Bible Verses About Herdmen

And they took away their cattle; of their camels fifty thousand, and of sheep two hundred and fifty thousand, and of asses two thousand, and of men an hundred thousand.

And there shall dwell in Judah itself, and in all the cities thereof together, husbandmen, and they that go forth with flocks.

Now the children of Reuben and the children of Gad had a very great multitude of cattle: and when they saw the land of Jazer, and the land of Gilead, that, behold, the place was a place for cattle;

For they came up with their cattle and their tents, and they came as grasshoppers for multitude; for both they and their camels were without number: and they entered into the land to destroy it.

And a mixed multitude went up also with them; and flocks, and herds, even very much cattle.

And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

That ye shall say, Thy servants’ trade hath been about cattle from our youth even until now, both we, and also our fathers: that ye may dwell in the land of Goshen; for every shepherd is an abomination unto the Egyptians.

And of Shemida, the family of the Shemidaites: and of Hepher, the family of the Hepherites.

They of the house of Togarmah traded in thy fairs with horses and horsemen and mules.

And the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the children of the east lay along in the valley like grasshoppers for multitude; and their camels were without number, as the sand by the sea side for multitude.

And as for you, O my flock, thus saith the Lord God; Behold, I judge between cattle and cattle, between the rams and the he goats.

And now I have heard that thou hast shearers: now thy shepherds which were with us, we hurt them not, neither was there ought missing unto them, all the while they were in Carmel.

And Pharaoh said unto his brethren, What is your occupation? And they said unto Pharaoh, Thy servants are shepherds, both we, and also our fathers.

And there was a strife between the herdmen of Abram’s cattle and the herdmen of Lot’s cattle: and the Canaanite and the Perizzite dwelled then in the land.

And he said unto him, My lord knoweth that the children are tender, and the flocks and herds with young are with me: and if men should overdrive them one day, all the flock will die.

And over the herds that fed in Sharon was Shitrai the Sharonite: and over the herds that were in the valleys was Shaphat the son of Adlai:

For their riches were more than that they might dwell together; and the land wherein they were strangers could not bear them because of their cattle.

And they came near unto him, and said, We will build sheepfolds here for our cattle, and cities for our little ones:

And he that regarded not the word of the Lord left his servants and his cattle in the field.

Why abodest thou among the sheepfolds, to hear the bleatings of the flocks? For the divisions of Reuben there were great searchings of heart.

And they came unto the children of Reuben, and to the children of Gad, and to the half tribe of Manasseh, unto the land of Gilead, and they spake with them, saying,

But he shall say, I am no prophet, I am an husbandman; for man taught me to keep cattle from my youth.

And God came unto Balaam, and said, What men are these with thee?

And he said, I seek my brethren: tell me, I pray thee, where they feed their flocks.

But those husbandmen said among themselves, This is the heir; come, let us kill him, and the inheritance shall be ours.

Even the country which the Lord smote before the congregation of Israel, is a land for cattle, and thy servants have cattle:

And Gaal spake again and said, See there come people down by the middle of the land, and another company come along by the plain of Meonenim.

Gomer, and all his bands; the house of Togarmah of the north quarters, and all his bands: and many people with thee.

And Zabad his son, and Shuthelah his son, and Ezer, and Elead, whom the men of Gath that were born in that land slew, because they came down to take away their cattle.

Our cattle also shall go with us; there shall not an hoof be left behind; for thereof must we take to serve the Lord our God; and we know not with what we must serve the Lord, until we come thither.

They smote also the tents of cattle, and carried away sheep and camels in abundance, and returned to Jerusalem.

And with you there shall be a man of every tribe; every one head of the house of his fathers.

And he entreated Abram well for her sake: and he had sheep, and oxen, and he asses, and menservants, and maidservants, and she asses, and camels.

They took their sheep, and their oxen, and their asses, and that which was in the city, and that which was in the field,

And Judah went against the Canaanites that dwelt in Hebron: (now the name of Hebron before was Kirjath–arba:) and they slew Sheshai, and Ahiman, and Talmai.

Then stood Jeshua with his sons and his brethren, Kadmiel and his sons, the sons of Judah, together, to set forward the workmen in the house of God: the sons of Henadad, with their sons and their brethren the Levites.

And why have ye brought up the congregation of the Lord into this wilderness, that we and our cattle should die there?

Also take your flocks and your herds, as ye have said, and be gone; and bless me also.

I will pass through all thy flock to day, removing from thence all the speckled and spotted cattle, and all the brown cattle among the sheep, and the spotted and speckled among the goats: and of such shall be my hire.

Shall I then take my bread, and my water, and my flesh that I have killed for my shearers, and give it unto men, whom I know not whence they be?