John 10:4

The sheep follow him. The Eastern shepherd lives very close to his flock. When the last sheep has been brought from the fold the shepherd places himself at the head of the flock and the sheep follow him, normally without hesitancy. The custom is referred to in the Midrash: ‘“Thou didst lead Thy people like a flock’ [Ps. 77:20], As a flock follows the shepherd so long as the shepherd leads it, so Israel, wherever Moses and Aaron made them journey, followed them” (Rabbah, on Num. 33:1, Soncino ed., p. 865). “What a lesson for pastors who seek to drive the church like cattle and fail. The true pastor leads in love, in words, in deeds” (Robertson).