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Herd

From: Boyd's Bible Dictionary: H By: James P. Boyd

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A collection of cattle

Herdsmen despised by Egyptians (Gen. 46:34³⁴That 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. (Genesis 46:34)), but honored by Hebrews (1 Sam. 11:5; 21:7⁵And, behold, Saul came after the herd out of the field; and Saul said, What aileth the people that they weep? And they told him the tidings of the men of Jabesh. (1 Samuel 11:5)
⁷Now a certain man of the servants of Saul was there that day, detained before the Lord; and his name was Doeg, an Edomite, the chiefest of the herdmen that belonged to Saul. (1 Samuel 21:7)).

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