Camel, The

Camel, The

Unclean - Le 11:4; De 14:7

Found in deserted places - Eze 25:5

CHARACTERISED BY

• The bunches on its back
- Isa 30:6
• Its docility
- Ge 24:11

The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness - Jer 2:23

Abounded in the east - 1Ch 5:21; Isa 60:6

A part of patriarchal wealth - Ge 12:16; 30:43; Job 1:3

Kept in numbers by kings - 1Ch 27:30

USED FOR

• Riding
- Ge 24:61
• Drawing chariots
- Isa 21:7
• Carrying burdens
- Ge 37:25; 1Ki 10:2; 2Ki 8:9
• Conveying posts and messengers
- Es 8:10
• War
- Jud 7:12; 1Sa 30:17

Of the rich adorned with chains - Jud 8:21,26

Furniture of, alluded to - Ge 31:34

Subject to plagues - Ex 9:3; Zec 14:15

Treated with great care - Ge 24:31,32

Esteemed a valuable booty - 1Ch 5:20,21; 2Ch 14:15; Job 1:17; Jer 49:29,32

Coarse cloth made from its hair - Mt 3:4

Referred to in illustrations by Christ - Mt 19:24; 23:24