Shepherds came and drove them— i.e. The flocks, away; for the original word is masculine. But Moses stood up and helped them; chastising the rudeness of the shepherds, not by force, as we may imagine, since he was alone against many; but by that authority and pre-eminence, which education, wisdom, and address give the civilized over the clownish and illiberal.
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Exodus 2:17
17 And the shepherds came and drove them away: but Moses stood up and helped them, and watered their flock.