Thematic Bible: Camel
Thematic Bible
Beasts » Unclean » Camel
Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.
Camel » Herds of
The Lord has greatly blessed my master, so that he has become rich; and He has given him flocks and herds, and silver and gold, and servants and maids, and camels and donkeys.
Therefore he treated Abram well for her sake; and gave him sheep and oxen and donkeys and male and female servants and female donkeys and camels.
So the man became exceedingly prosperous, and had large flocks and female and male servants and camels and donkeys.
David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
The young camels of Midian and
All those from
They will bring
And will
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys.
Camel » Uses of » For carrying burdens
The oracle concerning the beasts of the Negev.
Through a land ofdistress and anguish,
Fromwhere come lioness and lion, viper and flying serpent,
Theycarry their riches on the backs of young donkeys
And their treasures oncamels’ humps,
To a people who cannot profit them;
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
Moreover those who were near to them, even as far as Issachar and Zebulun and Naphtali, brought food on donkeys, camels, mules and on oxen, great quantities of flour cakes, fig cakes and bunches of raisins, wine, oil, oxen and sheep. There was joy indeed in Israel.
Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels carrying spices and very much gold and precious stones. When she came to Solomon, she spoke with him about all that was in her heart.
So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “Your son Ben-hadad king of Aram has sent me to you, saying, ‘Will I recover from this sickness?’”
Camel » Uses of » For riding
Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
Then the servant took ten camels from the camels of his master, and set out with a variety of good things of his master’s in his hand; and he arose and went to Mesopotamia, to the city of Nahor.
Then Jacob arose and put his children and his wives upon camels;
Camel » Uses of » Posts
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on horses, riding on steeds sired by the royal stud.
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
The couriers, hastened and impelled by the king’s command, went out, riding on the royal steeds; and the decree was given out at the citadel in Susa.
Camel » Hair of, made into cloth
Now John himself had a garment of camel’s hair and a leather belt around his waist; and his food was locusts and wild honey.
John was clothed with camel’s hair and wore a leather belt around his waist, and his diet was locusts and wild honey.
Camel » Ornaments of
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels’ necks.
The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.
Camel » Uses of » For cavalry
David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
Camel » Uses of » For milk
thirty milking camels and their colts, forty cows and ten bulls, twenty female donkeys and ten male donkeys.
Camel » Uses of » Drawing chariots
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Camel » Docility of
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
Camel » Stables for
I will make Rabbah a pasture for camels and the sons of Ammon a resting place for flocks. Thus you will know that I am the Lord.”
Camel » Forbidden as food
Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.