TRAVELLERS
TRAVELLERS
TRAVELLERS
- Called way-faring men # Jud 19:17 Isa 35:8
- Preparations made by, alluded to # Eze 12:3,4
- Often collected together and formed caravans # Ge 37:25 Isa 21:13 Lu 2:44
- Often engaged persons acquainted with the country as guides # Nu 10:31,32 Job 29:15
- FRIENDS OF 5a) Often supplied them with provision
# Ge 21:14 44:1 Jer 40:5
5b) Sometimes accompanied them a short way # 2Sa 19:31 Ac 20:38 21:5 5c) Frequently commended them to protection of God # Ge 43:13,14 Ac 21:5 5d) Frequently took leave of them with sorrow # Ac 20:37 21:6 5e) Often sent them away with music # Ge 31:27 6) Generally commenced their journey early in the morning # Jud 19:5 7) Generally rested at noon # Ge 18:1,3 Joh 4:6 8) Halted at even # Ge 24:11 9) Generally halted at wells or streams # Ge 24:11 32:21,23 Ex 15:27 1Sa 30:21 Joh 4:6 10) CARRIED WITH THEM 10a) Provisions for the way # Jos 9:11,12 Jud 19:19 10b) Provender for their beasts of burden # Ge 42:27 Jud 19:19 10c) Skins filled with water, wine, &c # Ge 21:14,15 Jos 9:13 10d) Presents for those who entertained them # Ge 43:15 1Ki 10:2 2Ki 5:5 Mt 2:11 11) Often travelled on foot # Ge 28:10 32:10 Ex 12:37 Ac 20:13 12) On foot, how attired # Ex 12:11 13) After a long journey, described # Jos 9:4,5,13 14) OF DISTINCTION 14a) Rode on asses, camels, &c # Ge 22:3 24:64 Nu 22:21 14b) Rode in chariots # 2Ki 5:9 Ac 8:27,28 14c) Generally attended by running footmen # 1Sa 25:27 1Ki 18:46 2Ki 4:24 Ec 10:7 14d) Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared # Isa 40:3,4 Mr 1:2,3 14e) Generally performed their journey in great state # 1Ki 10:2 2Ki 5:5,9 14f) Frequently extorted provisions by the way # Jud 8:5,8 1Sa 25:4-13 14g) Before setting out gave employment, &c to their servants # Mt 25:14 15) Strangers civil to # Ge 18:2 24:18,19 16) Generally treated with great hospitality # Ge 18:3-8 19:2 24:24,32,33 Ex 2:20 # Jud 19:20,21 Job 31:32 Heb 13:2 17) The caravanserai or public inn for noticed # Ge 42:27 Ex 4:24 Lu 2:7 10:34 18) Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went # Jud 19:17 19) Protected by those who entertained them # Ge 19:6-8 Jud 19:23 20) For security often left the highways # Jud 5:6 21) Tesserae hospitales or pledges of hospitality, alluded to # Re 2:17 22) ON ERRANDS REQUIRING DESPATCH 22a) Went with great speed # Es 8:10 Job 9:25 22b) Saluted no man by the way # 2Ki 4:29 Lu 10:4 23) Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days which it occupied # Ge 31:23 De 1:2 2Ki 3:9 24) The Jews prohibited from taking long journeys on the Sabbath # Ex 20:10 Ac 1:12 25) Ceasing of, threatened as a calamity # Isa 33:8