# You led your people like a flock

This simile compares God's people to a flock of animals. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-simile]])

# by the hand of

The phrase "by the hand of" here means "by the action of" or "through the action of."

# hand

Here "hand" is synechdoche for the whole person. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-synecdoche]])