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• ἀποδημέω
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• אִישׁ , אִישׁ
• אָרַח
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• Called way-faring men
  Judges 19:17; Isaiah 35:8

• Preparations made by, alluded to
  Ezekiel 12:3,4

• Often collected together and formed caravans
  Genesis 37:25; Isaiah 21:13; Luke 2:44

• Often engaged persons acquainted with the country as guides
  Numbers 10:31,32; Job 29:15

• FRIENDS OF
  • Often supplied them with provision
    Genesis 21:14; 44:1; Jeremiah 40:5
  • Sometimes accompanied them a short way
    2 Samuel 19:31; Acts 20:38; 21:5
  • Frequently commended them to protection of God
    Genesis 43:13,14; Acts 21:5
  • Frequently took leave of them with sorrow
    Acts 20:37; 21:6
  • Often sent them away with music
    Genesis 31:27

• Generally commenced their journey early in the morning
  Judges 19:5

• Generally rested at noon
  Genesis 18:1,3; John 4:6

• Halted at even
  Genesis 24:11

• Generally halted at wells or streams
  Genesis 24:11; 32:21,23; Exodus 15:27; 1 Samuel 30:21; John 4:6

• CARRIED WITH THEM
  • Provisions for the way
    Joshua 9:11,12; Judges 19:19
  • Provender for their beasts of burden
    Genesis 42:27; Judges 19:19
  • Skins filled with water, wine, &c
    Genesis 21:14,15; Joshua 9:13
  • Presents for those who entertained them
    Genesis 43:15; 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 5:5; Matthew 2:11

• Often travelled on foot
  Genesis 28:10; 32:10; Exodus 12:37; Acts 20:13

• On foot, how attired
  Exodus 12:11

• After a long journey, described
  Joshua 9:4,5,13

• OF DISTINCTION
  • Rode on asses, camels, &c
    Genesis 22:3; 24:64; Numbers 22:21
  • Rode in chariots
    2 Kings 5:9; Acts 8:27,28
  • Generally attended by running footmen
    1 Samuel 25:27; 1 Kings 18:46; 2 Kings 4:24; Ecclesiastes 10:7
  • Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared
    Isaiah 40:3,4; Mark 1:2,3
  • Generally performed their journey in great state
    1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 5:5,9
  • Frequently extorted provisions by the way
    Judges 8:5,8; 1 Samuel 25:4-13
  • Before setting out gave employment, &c to their servants
    Matthew 25:14

• Strangers civil to
  Genesis 18:2; 24:18,19

• Generally treated with great hospitality
  Genesis 18:3-8; 19:2; 24:24,32,33; Exodus 2:20; Judges 19:20,21; Job 31:32; Hebrews 13:2

• The caravanserai or public inn for noticed
  Genesis 42:27; Exodus 4:24; Luke 2:7; 10:34

• Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went
  Judges 19:17

• Protected by those who entertained them
  Genesis 19:6-8; Judges 19:23

• For security often left the highways
  Judges 5:6

• Tesserae hospitales or pledges of hospitality, alluded to
  Revelation 2:17

• ON ERRANDS REQUIRING DESPATCH
  • Went with great speed
    Esther 8:10; Job 9:25
  • Saluted no man by the way
    2 Kings 4:29; Luke 10:4

• Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days Which it occupied
  Genesis 31:23; Deuteronomy 1:2; 2 Kings 3:9

• The Jews prohibited from taking long journeys on the Sabbath
  Exodus 20:10; Acts 1:12

• Ceasing of, threatened as a calamity
  Isaiah 33:8