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A Sheepfold

A Sheepfold



A SHEEPFOLD

The word sheepfolds (NRSV, REB, and NAB) is not contemporary American English. The Hebrew term refers to a fence-like enclosure made of stones. Some sheepfolds were permanent, consisting of stone walls and a roof; others were temporary constructions.
The words by the way mean that the sheep pens were near the route along which people walked, or “along the side of the road” (CEV).


Omanson, Roger L., and John Ellington. A Handbook on the First Book of Samuel. New York: United Bible Societies, 2001. Print. UBS Handbook Series.
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