"If you do not know, o fairest of women, follow the footsteps of the sheep and graze your kids" (Song of Songs)
The drash I knew is "if you, the Jewish people, do not know what to do, follow in the footsteps of your forefathers".
The Talmud in Ketubot top of daf 67 gives a different interpretation, "if you, the Jewish people, do not learn and therefore do not know Torah, you will have a burden of work placed on you, such as tending to your own sheep".
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