And Moses cried unto the LORD, saying, What shall I do unto this people? they are almost ready to stone me.
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Jerome
AD 420
When [Moses] was being stoned by the people, he made intercession for them. Even more so he wished to be blotted out of God’s book sooner than that the flock committed to him should perish. He sought to imitate the Shepherd who would, he knew, carry on his shoulders even the wandering sheep.
