19 Bible Verses about Particular Journeys

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Genesis 12:9

Then Abram journeyed on, continuing toward the Negev (the South country of Judah).

Genesis 20:1

Now Abraham journeyed from there toward the Negev (the South country), and settled between Kadesh and Shur; then he lived temporarily in Gerar.

Genesis 13:3

He journeyed on from the Negev as far as Bethel, to the place where his tent had been at the beginning, between Bethel and Ai,

Genesis 29:1

Then Jacob went on his way and came to the land of the people of the East [near Haran].

Exodus 3:18

The elders [of the tribes] will listen and pay attention to what you say; and you, with the elders of Israel, shall go to the king of Egypt and you shall say to him, ‘The Lord, the God of the Hebrews, has met with us; so now, please, [we ask and plead with you,] let us go on a three days’ journey into the wilderness, so that we may sacrifice to the Lord our God.’

Exodus 5:3

Then they said, “The God of the Hebrews has met with us. Please, let us go on a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God, so that He does not discipline us with pestilence or with the sword.”

Exodus 8:27

We must go a three days’ journey into the wilderness and sacrifice to the Lord our God as He commands us.”

Numbers 33:8

They moved out from before Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the [Red] Sea into the wilderness; and they went a three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah.

Exodus 13:21

The [presence of the] Lord was going before them by day in a pillar (column) of cloud to lead them along the way, and in a pillar of fire by night to give them light, so that they could travel by day and by night.

Numbers 10:12

and the Israelites set out on their journey from the Wilderness of Sinai, and the cloud [of the Lord’s guiding presence] settled down in the Wilderness of Paran.

Exodus 17:1

Then all the congregation of the children of Israel moved on from the Wilderness of Sin by stages, according to the commandment of the Lord, and camped at Rephidim, but there was no water for the people to drink.

Numbers 21:10-20

Now the sons of Israel moved out and camped at Oboth. They journeyed on from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, in the wilderness facing Moab, toward the sunrise. From there they set out and camped in the Wadi Zered. read more.
From there they journeyed on and camped on the other side of [the river] Arnon, which is in the wilderness that extends from the boundary of the Amorites; for [the river] Arnon is the boundary of Moab, between Moab and the Amorites. That is why it is said in the Book of the Wars of the Lord:

“Waheb in Suphah,
And the wadis of the Arnon [River],

And the slope of the wadis
That stretches toward the site of Ar
And leans to the border of Moab.” From there the Israelites went on to Beer, that is the well where the Lord said to Moses, “Gather the people together and I will give them water.” Then Israel sang this song,

“Spring up, O well! Sing to it,

The well which the leaders dug,
Which the nobles of the people hollowed out
With the scepter and with their staffs.”

And from the wilderness Israel journeyed to Mattanah, and from Mattanah to Nahaliel, and from Nahaliel to Bamoth, and from Bamoth to the valley that is in the field of Moab, to the top of Pisgah which looks down on the wasteland.

Numbers 33:1-49

These are the stages of the journeys of the Israelites, by which they came out of the land of Egypt by their [tribal] armies, under the leadership of Moses and Aaron. Moses recorded their points of departure, as the Lord commanded, stage by stage; and these are their journeys according to their points of departure: They set out from Rameses on the fifteenth day of the first month; on the day after the Passover the Israelites moved out triumphantly in the sight of all the Egyptians, read more.
while the Egyptians were burying all their firstborn whom the Lord had struck down among them. Upon their gods the Lord also executed judgments. Then the Israelites moved out from Rameses [where they had all joined together], and camped in Succoth. They moved out from Succoth and camped in Etham, which is on the edge of the wilderness. They moved out from Etham and turned back to Pi-hahiroth, east of Baal-zephon, and they camped before Migdol. They moved out from before Pi-hahiroth and passed through the midst of the [Red] Sea into the wilderness; and they went a three days’ journey in the Wilderness of Etham and camped at Marah. They moved out from Marah and came to Elim; in Elim there were twelve springs of water and seventy palm trees, and they camped there. They moved out from Elim and camped by the Red Sea (Sea of Reeds). They moved out from the Red Sea and camped in the Wilderness of Sin. They moved out from the Wilderness of Sin and camped at Dophkah. They moved out from Dophkah and camped at Alush. They moved out from Alush and camped at Rephidim; now it was there that the people had no water to drink. They moved out from Rephidim and camped in the Wilderness of Sinai [where they remained for about a year]. They moved out from the Wilderness of Sinai and camped at Kibroth-hattaavah. They moved out from Kibroth-hattaavah and camped at Hazeroth. They moved out from Hazeroth and camped at Rithmah [near Kadesh, the place from which the twelve spies were sent to spy out the land of Canaan]. They moved out from Rithmah and camped at Rimmon-perez. They moved out from Rimmon-perez and camped at Libnah. They moved out from Libnah and camped at Rissah. They moved out from Rissah and camped at Kehelathah. They moved out from Kehelathah and camped at Mount Shepher. They moved out from Mount Shepher and camped at Haradah. They moved out from Haradah and camped at Makheloth. They moved out from Makheloth and camped at Tahath. They moved out from Tahath and camped at Terah. They moved out from Terah and camped at Mithkah. They moved out from Mithkah and camped at Hashmonah. They moved out from Hashmonah and camped at Moseroth. They moved out from Moseroth and camped at Bene-jaakan. They moved out from Bene-jaakan and camped at Hor-haggidgad. They moved out from Hor-haggidgad and camped at Jotbathah. They moved out from Jotbathah and camped at Abronah. They moved out from Abronah and camped at Ezion-geber [or Elath on the gulf of Aqabah]. They moved out from Ezion-geber and camped in the Wilderness of Zin, which is Kadesh. They moved out from Kadesh and camped at Mount Hor, on the edge of the land of Edom. Aaron the priest went up on Mount Hor at the command of the Lord, and died there in the fortieth year after the Israelites came out of the land of Egypt, on the first day of the fifth month. Aaron was a hundred and twenty-three years old when he died on Mount Hor. The Canaanite king of Arad, who lived in the Negev (the South country) in the land of Canaan, heard that the sons of Israel were coming. They moved out from Mount Hor and camped at Zalmonah. Then they moved out from Zalmonah and camped at Punon. They moved out from Punon and camped at Oboth. They moved out from Oboth and camped at Iye-abarim, on the border of Moab. They moved out from Iyim (Iye-abarim) and camped at Dibon-gad. They moved out from Dibon-gad and camped at Almon-diblathaim. They moved out from Almon-diblathaim and camped in the mountains of Abarim, before [Mount] Nebo. They moved out from the mountains of Abarim and camped in the plains of Moab by the Jordan across from Jericho [their last stop on the journey to Canaan]. They camped by the Jordan from Beth-jeshimoth as far as Abel-shittim in the plains of Moab.

Mark 10:17

As He was leaving on His journey, a man ran up and knelt before Him and asked Him, “Good Teacher [You who are essentially good and morally perfect], what shall I do to inherit eternal life [that is, eternal salvation in the Messiah’s kingdom]?”

Matthew 9:35

Jesus went throughout all the cities and villages [in Galilee], teaching in their synagogues and proclaiming the good news (gospel) of the kingdom, and healing every kind of disease and every kind of sickness [His words and His works reflecting His Messiahship].

Luke 11:6

for a friend of mine who is on a journey has just come to visit me, and I have nothing to serve him’;

Acts 20:13

But we went on ahead to the ship and set sail for Assos, intending to take Paul on board there; for that was what he had arranged, intending himself to go [a shorter route] by land.

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