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32 Count off every tenth animal from your herds and flocks and set them apart for the Lord as holy.

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32 Every tithe of the herd and flock—every tenth animal that passes under the shepherd’s rod(A)—will be holy to the Lord.

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13 Once again shepherds will count their flocks in the towns of the hill country, the foothills of Judah,[a] the Negev, the land of Benjamin, the vicinity of Jerusalem, and all the towns of Judah. I, the Lord, have spoken!

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Footnotes

  1. 33:13 Hebrew the Shephelah.

13 In the towns of the hill(A) country, of the western foothills and of the Negev,(B) in the territory of Benjamin, in the villages around Jerusalem and in the towns of Judah, flocks will again pass under the hand(C) of the one who counts them,’ says the Lord.

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37 I will examine you carefully and hold you to the terms of the covenant.

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37 I will take note of you as you pass under my rod,(A) and I will bring you into the bond of the covenant.(B)

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The Lord’s Compassion on Israel

14 O Lord, protect your people with your shepherd’s staff;
    lead your flock, your special possession.
Though they live alone in a thicket
    on the heights of Mount Carmel,[a]
let them graze in the fertile pastures of Bashan and Gilead
    as they did long ago.

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Footnotes

  1. 7:14 Or surrounded by a fruitful land.

Prayer and Praise

14 Shepherd(A) your people with your staff,(B)
    the flock of your inheritance,
which lives by itself in a forest,
    in fertile pasturelands.[a](C)
Let them feed in Bashan(D) and Gilead(E)
    as in days long ago.(F)

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Footnotes

  1. Micah 7:14 Or in the middle of Carmel