The Shepherd Never Leads With the Stick

A shepherd has a staff for very practical reasons, but none of them would be for leading the sheep. A shepherd does not use the stick to prod or beat or lead the sheep,. The epherd, leads with her voice. Shepherds can get up in the morning and walk out, give one command, and only his sheep will come after him. In fact, you can even put multiple flocks in one sheepfold, in one pen together. This is imagery that we would expect from the people of the bible.