HIGHWAYS

HIGHWAYS

1. Roads for public use # Nu 20:19 De 2:27
2. Called the king’s highway # Nu 20:17
3. Marked out by heaps of stones # Jer 31:21
4. Generally broad # Jud 20:32,45 Mt 7:13
5. Generally straight # 1Sa 6:12 Isa 40:3
6. Made to all cities of refuge # De 19:2,3
7. Often made in deserts # Isa 40:3
8. INFESTED WITH 8a) Serpents

   # Ge 49:17

8b) Wild beasts # 1Ki 13:24 Isa 35:9 8c) Robbers # Jer 3:2 Lu 10:30-33 9) Beggars sat by sides of # Mt 20:30 Mr 10:46 10) Often obstructed # Jer 18:15 11) All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction # Isa 40:3,4 Mt 3:3 12) By-paths more secure in times of danger # Jud 5:6 13) Desolation of, threatened as a punishment # Le 26:22 Isa 33:8 14) ILLUSTRATIVE 14a) Of Christ # Joh 14:6 14b) Of the way of holiness # Isa 35:8 14c) Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews # Isa 11:16 62:10 14d) (Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel # Isa 40:3 43:19 14e) (Narrow,) of the way of life # Mt 7:14  14f) (Broad,) of the way to destruction # Mt 7:13