11 Bible Verses about Camels

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Genesis 37:25

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

Judges 7:12

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

1 Samuel 30:17

And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.

Genesis 24:61

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

Job 42:12

And the Lord's blessing was greater on the end of Job's life than on its start: and so he came to have fourteen thousand sheep and goats, and six thousand camels, and two thousand oxen, and a thousand she-asses.

Genesis 24:11

And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

Leviticus 11:4

But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

Job 1:17

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

Genesis 24:31

And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels.

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Judges 6:5

For they came up regularly with their oxen and their tents; they came like the locusts in number; they and their camels were without number; and they came into the land for its destruction.

Job 1:3

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Genesis 12:16

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

Genesis 30:43

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

Leviticus 11:4

But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

Camels » Esteemed a valuable booty

2 Chronicles 14:15

And they made an attack on the tents of the owners of the cattle, and took away great numbers of sheep and camels and went back to Jerusalem.

Job 1:17

And this one was still talking when another came, and said, The Chaldaeans made themselves into three bands, and came down on the camels and took them away, putting the young men to the sword, and I was the only one who got away safe to give you the news.

1 Chronicles 5:20-21

And they were helped against them, so that the Hagarites, and those with them, were given into their power. For they sent up prayers to God in the fight, and he gave ear to them, because they put their faith in him. And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

Jeremiah 49:29

Their tents and their flocks they will take; they will take away for themselves their curtains and all their vessels and their camels: they will give a cry to them, Fear on every side.

Jeremiah 49:32

And their camels will be taken from them by force, and their great herds will come into the hands of their attackers: those who have the ends of their hair cut I will send in flight to all the winds; and I will send their fate on them from every side, says the Lord.

Camels » Used for » Carrying burdens

Genesis 37:25

Then seating themselves, they took their meal: and looking up, they saw a travelling band of Ishmaelites, coming from Gilead on their way to Egypt, with spices and perfumes on their camels.

1 Kings 10:2

And she came to Jerusalem with a very great train, with camels weighted down with spices, and stores of gold and jewels: and when she came to Solomon she had talk with him of everything in her mind.

2 Kings 8:9

So Hazael went to see him, taking with him forty camels with offerings on their backs of every sort of good thing from Damascus; and when he came before him, he said, Your son Ben-hadad, king of Aram, has sent me to you, saying, Will I get better from this disease?

Camels » A part of patriarchal wealth

Job 1:3

And of cattle he had seven thousand sheep and goats, and three thousand camels, and a thousand oxen, and five hundred she-asses, and a very great number of servants. And the man was greater than any of the sons of the east.

Genesis 12:16

And because of her, he was good to Abram, and he had sheep and oxen and asses, and men-servants and women-servants, and camels.

Genesis 30:43

So Jacob's wealth was greatly increased; he had great flocks and women-servants and men-servants and camels and asses.

Camels » Unclean

Leviticus 11:4

But, at the same time, of those beasts, you may not take for food the camel, because its food comes back but the horn of its foot is not parted in two; it is unclean to you.

Deuteronomy 14:7

But even among these, there are some which may not be used for food: such as the camel, the hare, and the coney, which are unclean to you, because, though their food comes back, the horn of their feet is not parted in two.

Camels » Abounded in the east

1 Chronicles 5:21

And they took away their cattle: fifty thousand camels, two hundred and fifty thousand sheep, and two thousand asses, and a hundred thousand men.

Isaiah 60:6

You will be full of camel-trains, even the young camels of Midian and Ephah; all from Sheba will come, with gold and spices, giving word of the great acts of the Lord.

Camels » Referred to in illustrations by Christ

Matthew 19:24

And again I say to you, It is simpler for a camel to go through a needle's eye, than for a man with much money to go into the kingdom of God.

Matthew 23:24

You blind guides, who take out a fly from your drink, but make no trouble over a camel.

Camels » Used for » War

1 Samuel 30:17

And David went on fighting them from evening till the evening of the day after; and not one of them got away but only four hundred young men who went in flight on camels.

Judges 7:12

Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the people of the east were covering the valley like locusts; and their camels were like the sand by the seaside, without number.

Camels » Subject to plagues

Zechariah 14:15

And the horses and the transport beasts, the camels and the asses and all the beasts in those tents will be attacked by the same disease.

Exodus 9:3

Then the hand of the Lord will put on your cattle in the field, on the horses and the asses and the camels, on the herds and the flocks, a very evil disease.

Camels » Of the rich adorned with chains

Judges 8:21

Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, Up! Put an end to us yourself: for you have a man's strength. Then Gideon got up and put Zebah and Zalmunna to death and took the ornaments which were on their camels' necks.

Judges 8:26

The weight of the gold ear-rings which he got from them was one thousand, seven hundred shekels of gold; in addition to the moon-ornaments and jewels and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and the chains on their camels' necks.

Camels » Kept in numbers by kings

1 Chronicles 27:30

Obil the Ishmaelite had control of the camels and Jehdeiah the Meronothite of the she-asses;

Camels » Treated with great care

Genesis 24:31-32

And he said to him, Come in, you on whom is the blessing of the Lord; why are you waiting outside? for I have made the house ready for you, and a place for the camels. Then the man came into the house, and Laban took their cords off the camels and gave them dry grass and food, and he gave to him and the men who were with him water for washing their feet.

Camels » Characterized by » Its docility

Genesis 24:11

And he made the camels take their rest outside the town by the water-spring in the evening, at the time when the women came to get water.

Camels » Used for » Riding

Genesis 24:61

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness

Jeremiah 2:23

How are you able to say, I am not unclean, I have not gone after the Baals? see your way in the valley, be clear about what you have done: you are a quick-footed camel twisting her way in and out;

Camels » Furniture of, alluded to

Genesis 31:34

Now Rachel had taken the images, and had put them in the camels' basket, and was seated on them. And Laban, searching through all the tent, did not come across them.

Camels » Found in deserted places

Ezekiel 25:5

And I will make Rabbah a place for housing camels, and the children of Ammon a resting-place for flocks: and you will be certain that I am the Lord.

Camels » Characterized by » The bunches on its back

Isaiah 30:6

The word about the Beasts of the South. Through the land of trouble and grief, the land of the she-lion and the voice of the lion, of the snake and the burning winged snake, they take their wealth on the backs of young asses, and their stores on camels, to a people in whom is no profit.

Camels » Used for » Conveying posts and messengers

Esther 8:10

The letters were sent in the name of King Ahasuerus and stamped with his ring, and they were taken by men on horseback, going on the quick-running horses used for the king's business, the offspring of his best horses:

Camels » Used for » Drawing chariots

Isaiah 21:7

And when he sees war-carriages, horsemen by twos, war-carriages with asses, war-carriages with camels, let him give special attention.

Camels » Coarse cloth made from its hair

Matthew 3:4

Now John was clothed in camel's hair, with a leather band about him; and his food was locusts and honey.

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Genesis 24:61

So Rebekah and her servant-women went with the man, seated on the camels; and so the servant took Rebekah and went on his way.

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