Thematic Bible: Travelers
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Travelers » Of distinction » Generally attended by running footmen
And let this offering, which your servant gives to my lord, be given to the young men who are with my lord.
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I have seen servants on horses, and rulers walking on the earth as servants.
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And the hand of the Lord was on Elijah; and he made himself strong, and went running before Ahab till they came to Jezreel.
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Then she made the ass ready and said to her servant, Keep driving on; do not make a stop without orders from me.
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Travelers » Generally treated with great hospitality
And he said, My masters, come now into your servant's house and take your rest there for the night, and let your feet be washed; and early in the morning you may go on your way. And they said, Not so, but we will take our night's rest in the street.
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And she said to him, I am the daughter of Bethuel, the son of Milcah, Nahor's wife.
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And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant: Let me get water for washing your feet, and take your rest under the tree: And let me get a bit of bread to keep up your strength, and after that you may go on your way: for this is why you have come to your servant. And they said, Let it be so. read more.
Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes. And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready; And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.
Then Abraham went quickly into the tent, and said to Sarah, Get three measures of meal straight away and make cakes. And running to the herd, he took a young ox, soft and fat, and gave it to the servant and he quickly made it ready; And he took butter and milk and the young ox which he had made ready and put it before them, waiting by them under the tree while they took food.
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. And meat was put before him, but he said, I will not take food till I have made my business clear to you. And they said, Do so.
Travelers » Carried with them » Presents for those who entertained them
And they came into the house, and saw the young child with Mary, his mother; and falling down on their faces they gave him worship; and from their store they gave him offerings of gold, perfume, and spices.
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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.
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So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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So they took what their father said for the man, and twice as much money in their hands, and Benjamin, and went on their journey to Egypt, and came before Joseph.
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Travelers » Often traveled on foot
So Jacob went out from Beer-sheba to go to Haran.
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And the children of Israel made the journey from Rameses to Succoth; there were about six hundred thousand men on foot, as well as children.
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I am less than nothing in comparison with all your mercies and your faith to me your servant; for with only my stick in my hand I went across Jordan, and now I have become two armies.
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But we, going before him by ship, went to Assos with the purpose of taking Paul in there: for so he had given orders, because he himself was coming by land.
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Travelers » Of distinction » Generally performed their journey in great state
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.
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So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
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So the king of Aram said, Go then; and I will send a letter to the king of Israel. And he went, taking with him ten talents of silver and six thousand shekels of gold, and ten changes of clothing.
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Travelers » The caravansera or public inn for, noticed
And came to him and put clean linen round his wounds, with oil and wine; and he put him on his beast and took him to a house and took care of him.
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And she had her first son; and folding him in linen, she put him to rest in the place where the cattle had their food, because there was no room for them in the house.
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Now on the journey, at the night's resting-place, the Lord came in his way and would have put him to death.
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Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.
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Travelers » Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days which it occupied
So the king of Israel went with the king of Judah and the king of Edom by a roundabout way for seven days: and there was no water for the army or for the beasts they had with them.
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It is eleven days' journey from Horeb by the way of Mount Seir to Kadesh-barnea.
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And taking the men of his family with him, he went after him for seven days and overtook him in the hill-country of Gilead.
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Travelers » Generally halted at wells or streams
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.
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So the servants with the offerings went on in front, and he himself took his rest that night in the tents with his people.
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He took them and sent them over the stream with all he had.
Travelers » Of distinction » Rode on asses, camels, &c
And Abraham got up early in the morning, and made ready his ass, and took with him two of his young men and Isaac, his son, and after the wood for the burned offering had been cut, he went on his way to the place of which God had given him word.
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So in the morning Balaam got up and, making his ass ready, went with the chiefs of Moab.
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And when Rebekah, looking up, saw Isaac, she got down from her camel,
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Travelers » Friends of » Often supplied them with provision
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba.
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Then he gave orders to the servant who was over his house, saying, Put as much food into the men's bags as will go into them, and put every man's money in the mouth of his bag;
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Then go back to Gedaliah, the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has made ruler over the towns of Judah, and make your living-place with him among the people; or go wherever it seems right to you to go. So the captain of the armed men gave him food and some money and let him go.
Travelers » Of distinction » Frequently extorted provisions by the way
And he said to the men of Succoth, Give bread cakes to my people, for they are overcome with weariness, and I am going on after Zebah and Zalmunna, the kings of Midian.
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So he went up from there to Penuel and made the same request to the men of Penuel; but they gave him the same answer as the men of Succoth had given.
And David had word in the waste land that Nabal was cutting the wool of his sheep. And David sent ten young men, and said to them, Go up to Carmel and go to Nabal, and say kind words to him in my name; And say this to my brother, May all be well for you: peace be to you and your house and all you have. read more.
I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel. If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David. And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more. And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where? So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said. And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.
I have had word that you have wool-cutters: now the keepers of your sheep have been with us, and we have done them no evil, and taken nothing of theirs while they were in Carmel. If your young men are questioned they will say the same thing. So now, let my young men have grace in your eyes, for we are come at a good time; please give anything you may have by you to your servants and to your son David. And when David's young men came, they said all this to Nabal, in David's name, and said nothing more. And Nabal gave them his answer and said, Who is David? who is the son of Jesse? there are a number of servants in these days running away from their masters. Am I to take my bread and my wine and the meat I have got ready for my wool-cutters and give it to men coming from I have no idea where? So David's young men, turning away, went back and gave him an account of everything he had said. And David said to his men, Put on your swords, every one of you. And every man put on his sword; and David did the same; and about four hundred men went up with David, and two hundred kept watch over their goods.
Travelers » Often collected together and formed caravans
The word about Arabia. In the thick woods of Arabia will be your night's resting-place, O travelling bands of Dedanites!
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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.
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And in the belief that he was with some of their number, they went a day's journey; and after looking for him among their relations and friends,
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Travelers » Friends of » Sometimes accompanied them a short way
Being sad most of all because he had said that they would not see his face again. And so they went with him to the ship.
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And when these days came to an end, we went on our journey; and they all, with their wives and children, came with us on our way till we were out of the town: and after going on our knees in prayer by the sea,
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And Barzillai the Gileadite came down from Rogelim; and he went on as far as Jordan with the king to take him across Jordan.
Travelers » Strangers civil to
And lifting up his eyes, he saw three men before him; and seeing them, he went quickly to them from the door of the tent, and went down on his face to the earth;
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And she said, Take a drink, my lord: and quickly letting down her vessel onto her hand, she gave him a drink. And having done so, she said, I will get water for your camels till they have had enough.
Travelers » Protected by those who entertained them
And Lot went out to them in the doorway, shutting the door after him. And he said, My brothers, do not this evil. See now, I have two unmarried daughters; I will send them out to you so that you may do to them whatever seems good to you: only do nothing to these men, for this is why they have come under the shade of my roof.
So the man, the master of the house, went out to them, and said, No, my brothers, do not this evil thing; this man has come into my house, and you are not to do him this wrong.
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Travelers » Carried with them » Provender for their beasts of burden
Now at their night's resting-place one of them, opening his bag to give his ass some food, saw his money in the mouth of the bag.
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But we have dry grass and food for our asses, as well as bread and wine for me, and for the woman, and for the young man with us: we have no need of anything.
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Travelers » Generally rested at noon
Now the Lord came to him by the holy tree of Mamre, when he was seated in the doorway of his tent in the middle of the day;
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And said, My Lord, if now I have grace in your eyes, do not go away from your servant:
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Travelers » Of distinction » Rode in chariots
So Naaman, with all his horses and his carriages, came to the door of Elisha's house.
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And he went and there was a man of Ethiopia, a servant of great authority under Candace, queen of the Ethiopians, and controller of all her property, who had come up to Jerusalem for worship; He was going back, seated in his carriage, and was reading the book of the prophet Isaiah.
Travelers » After a long journey, described
And these wine-skins were new when we put the wine in them, and now they are cracked as you see; and our clothing and our shoes have become old because of our very long journey here.
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Acting with deceit, got food together as if for a long journey; and took old food-bags for their asses, and old and cracked wine-skins kept together with cord; And put old stitched-up shoes on their feet, and old clothing on their backs; and all the food they had with them was dry and broken up.
Travelers » Called way-faring men
And a highway will be there; its name will be, The Holy Way; the unclean and the sinner may not go over it, and those who go on it will not be turned out of the way by the foolish.
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And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
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Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Saluted no man by the way
Then he said to Gehazi, Make yourself ready, and take my stick in your hand, and go: if you come across anyone on the way, give him no blessing, and if anyone gives you a blessing, give him no answer. And put my stick on the child's face.
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Take no bag for money or for food, and no shoes; say no word to any man on the way.
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Travelers » The jews prohibited from taking long journeys on the sabbath
But the seventh day is a Sabbath to the Lord your God; on that day you are to do no work, you or your son or your daughter, your man-servant or your woman-servant, your cattle or the man from a strange country who is living among you:
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Then they went back to Jerusalem from the mountain named Olivet, which is near Jerusalem, a Sabbath day's journey away.
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Travelers » On errands requiring despatch » Went with great speed
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:
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My days go quicker than a post-runner: they go in flight, they see no good.
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Travelers » Friends of » Frequently took leave of them with sorrow
And they were all weeping, falling on Paul's neck and kissing him,
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We said our last words to one another, and got into the ship, and they went back to their houses.
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Travelers » Carried with them » Skins filled with water, wine, &c
And early in the morning Abraham got up, and gave Hagar some bread and a water-skin, and put the boy on her back, and sent her away: and she went, wandering in the waste land of Beer-sheba. And when all the water in the skin was used up, she put the child down under a tree.
Travelers » Friends of » Frequently commended them to protection of God
And take your brother and go back to the man: And may God, the Ruler of all, give you mercy before the man, so that he may give you back your other brother and Benjamin. If my children are to be taken from me; there is no help for it.
Travelers » Often engaged persons acquainted with the country as guides
And he said, Do not go from us; for you will be eyes for us, guiding us to the right places in the waste land to put up our tents. And if you come with us, we will give you a part in whatever good the Lord does for us.
Travelers » Tesseræ hospitales or pledges of hospitality, alluded to
He who has ears, let him give ear to what the Spirit says to the churches. To him who overcomes I will give of the secret manna, and I will give him a white stone, and on the stone a new name, of which no one has knowledge but he to whom it is given.
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Travelers » Carried with them » Provisions for the way
So the responsible men and all the people of our country said to us, Take food with you for the journey and go to them, and say to them, We are your servants: so now make an agreement with us. This bread which we have with us for our food, we took warm and new from our houses when starting on our journey to you; but now see, it has become dry and broken up.
Travelers » Preparations made by, alluded to
And you, O son of man, by day, before their eyes, get ready the vessels of one who is taken away, and go away from your place to another place before their eyes: it may be that they will see, though they are an uncontrolled people. By day, before their eyes, take out your vessels like those of one who is taken away: and go out in the evening before their eyes, like those who are taken away as prisoners.
Travelers » Of distinction » Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared
A voice of one crying, Make ready in the waste land the way of the Lord, make level in the lowland a highway for our God. Let every valley be lifted up, and every mountain and hill be made low, and let the rough places become level, and the hilltops become a valley,
Travelers » Of distinction » Before setting out gave employment, &c to their servants
For it is as when a man, about to take a journey, got his servants together, and gave them his property.
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Travelers » Friends of » Often sent them away with music
Why did you make a secret of your flight, not giving me word of it, so that I might have sent you away with joy and songs, with melody and music?
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Travelers » Halted at even
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.
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Travelers » Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went
And when he saw the traveller in the street of the town, the old man said, Where are you going? and where do you come from?
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Travelers » On foot, how attired
And take your meal dressed as if for a journey, with your shoes on your feet and your sticks in your hands: take it quickly: it is the Lord's Passover.
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Travelers » Generally commenced their journey early in the morning
Now on the fourth day they got up early in the morning and he made ready to go away; but the girl's father said to his son-in-law, Take a little food to keep up your strength, and then go on your way.
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Travelers » Ceasing of, threatened as a calamity
The highways are waste, no man is journeying there: the agreement is broken, he has made sport of the towns, he has no thought for man.
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Travelers » For security often left the highways
In the days of Shamgar, the son of Anath, in the days of Jael, the highways were not used, and travellers went by side roads.
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