6 This shepherd then kept receiving from the young man, the shepherd, those sheep that were frisky and well fed, but not skipping about, and putting them in a certain spot, which was precipitous and covered with thorns and briars, so that the sheep could not disentangle themselves from the thorns and briars, but [became entangled among the thorns and briars. (HER) 7 And so they] pastured entangled in the thorns and briars, and were in great misery with being beaten by him; and he kept driving them about to and fro, and giving them no rest, and all together those sheep had not a happy time. (HER)
Parables 62:6–7
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Parables 61:5–6
5 And after he had told these things to me, he saith to me, "Let us go into the country, and I will show thee the shepherds of the sheep." "Let us go, Sir," say I. And we came to a certain plain, and he showeth me a young man, a shepherd, clothed in a light clo… (HER)
Book of Enoch 89:74–76
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Book of Enoch 89:41–43
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Book of Enoch 89:12–14
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Book of Enoch 89:34–36
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Book of Enoch 89:67–69
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Book of Enoch 89:18–20
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Book of Enoch 89:45–47
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