Prayer Tents Bible References - Prayer Tents

TRAVELLERS

Called way-faring men

Jdg 19:17; Isa 35:8

Preparations made by, alluded to

Eze 12:3,4

Often collected together and formed caravans

Gen 37:25; Isa 21:13; Luk 2:44

Often engaged persons acquainted with the country as guides

Num 10:31,32; Job 29:15

FRIENDS OF

- Often supplied them with provision

Gen 21:14; 44:1; Jer 40:5

- Sometimes accompanied them a short way

2Sa 19:31; Act 20:38; 21:5

- Frequently commended them to protection of God

Gen 43:13,14; Act 21:5

- Frequently took leave of them with sorrow

Act 20:37; 21:6

- Often sent them away with music

Gen 31:27

Generally commenced their journey early in the morning

Jdg 19:5

Generally rested at noon

Gen 18:1,3; Joh 4:6

Halted at even

Gen 24:11

Generally halted at wells or streams

Gen 24:11; 32:21,23; Exo 15:27; 1Sa 30:21; Joh 4:6

CARRIED WITH THEM

- Provisions for the way

Jos 9:11,12; Jdg 19:19

- Provender for their beasts of burden

Gen 42:27; Jdg 19:19

- Skins filled with water, wine, &c

Gen 21:14,15; Jos 9:13

- Presents for those who entertained them

Gen 43:15; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 5:5; Mat 2:11

Often travelled on foot

Gen 28:10; 32:10; Exo 12:37; Act 20:13

On foot, how attired

Exo 12:11

After a long journey, described

Jos 9:4,5,13

OF DISTINCTION

- Rode on asses, camels, &c

Gen 22:3; 24:64; Num 22:21

- Rode in chariots

2Ki 5:9; Act 8:27,28

- Generally attended by running footmen

1Sa 25:27; 1Ki 18:46; 2Ki 4:24; Ecc 10:7

- Often preceded by heralds, &c to have the roads prepared

Isa 40:3,4; Mar 1:2,3

- Generally performed their journey in great state

1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 5:5,9

- Frequently extorted provisions by the way

Jdg 8:5,8; 1Sa 25:4-13

- Before setting out gave employment, &c to their servants

Mat 25:14

Strangers civil to

Gen 18:2; 24:18,19

Generally treated with great hospitality

Gen 18:3-8; 19:2; 24:24,32,33; Exo 2:20; Jdg 19:20,21; Job 31:32; Heb 13:2

The caravanserai or public inn for noticed

Gen 42:27; Exo 4:24; Luk 2:7; 10:34

Were frequently asked whence they came and whither they went

Jdg 19:17

Protected by those who entertained them

Gen 19:6-8; Jdg 19:23

For security often left the highways

Jdg 5:6

Tesserae hospitales or pledges of hospitality, alluded to

Rev 2:17

ON ERRANDS REQUIRING DESPATCH

- Went with great speed

Est 8:10; Job 9:25

- Saluted no man by the way

2Ki 4:29; Luk 10:4

Estimated the length of their journey by the number of days

which it occupied

Gen 31:23; Deu 1:2; 2Ki 3:9

The Jews prohibited from taking long journeys on the Sabbath

Exo 20:10; Act 1:12

Ceasing of, threatened as a calamity

Isa 33:8

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