Bible verses about Camel, The
(From 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 I Chronicles 5:21; Isaiah 60:6 A part of patriarchal wealth Genesis 12:16; 30:43; Job 1:3 Kept in numbers by kings I Chronicles 27:30 USED FOR Riding Genesis 24:61 Drawing chariots Isaiah 21:7 Carrying burdens Genesis 37:25; I Kings 10:2; II Kings 8:9 Conveying posts and messengers Esther 8:10 War Judges 7:12; I 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 I Chronicles 5:20,21; II 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