Sheep Fold (Easton)

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A strong fenced enclosure for the protection of the sheep gathered within it ( Numbers 32:24 ; 1 Chronicles 17:7 ; Psalm 50:9 ; 78:70 ). In John 10:16 the Authorized Version renders by "fold" two distinct Greek words, aule and poimne, the latter of which properly means a "flock," and is so rendered in the Revised Version. (See also Matthew 26:31 ; Luke 2:8 ; 1 Corinthians 9:7 .) (SeeFOLD .)