• What can a Christian elder learn from how an Israelite shepherd used a curved staff? A shepherd used a curved staff, or crook, to guide his flock. As sheep entered or left the pen, they would ‘ pass under the crook ’ and he could count them.
जब भेड़ें एक - एक करके बाड़े से बाहर निकलतीं या अंदर आतीं, तो वे चरवाहे की “लाठी के तले ” निकलती थीं, जिससे वह उन सबकी गिनती कर पाता था ।