Camel, the | Torrey's Topical Textbook

Unclean Leviticus 11:4; Deuteronomy 14:7
Found in deserted places Ezekiel 25:5
CHARACTERISED BY
- The bunches on its back Isaiah 30:6
- Its docility Genesis 24:11
The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness Jeremiah 2:23
Abounded in the east 1 Chronicles 5:21; Isaiah 60:6
A part of patriarchal wealth Genesis 12:16; 30:43; Job 1:3
Kept in numbers by kings 1 Chronicles 27:30
USED FOR
- Riding Genesis 24:61
- Drawing chariots Isaiah 21:7
- Carrying burdens Genesis 37:25; 1 Kings 10:2; 2 Kings 8:9
- Conveying posts and messengers Esther 8:10
- War Judges 7:12; 1 Samuel 30:17
Of the rich adorned with chains Judges 8:21,26
Furniture of, alluded to Genesis 31:34
Subject to plagues Exodus 9:3; Zechariah 14:15
Treated with great care Genesis 24:31,32
Esteemed a valuable booty 1 Chronicles 5:20,21; 2 Chronicles 14:15; Job 1:17; Jeremiah 49:29,32
Coarse cloth made from its hair Matthew 3:4
Referred to in illustrations by Christ Matthew 19:24; 23:24

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