11 Bible Verses about Camels
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Then they sat down to eat a meal. And as they raised their eyes and looked, behold, a caravan of Ishmaelites was coming from Gilead, with their camels bearing aromatic gum and balm and myrrh, on their way to bring them down to Egypt.
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley as numerous as locusts; and their camels were without number, as numerous as the sand on the seashore.
David slaughtered them from the twilight until the evening of the next day; and not a man of them escaped, except four hundred young men who rode on camels and fled.
Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
The Lord blessed the latter days of Job more than his beginning; and he had 14,000 sheep and 6,000 camels and 1,000 yoke of oxen and 1,000 female donkeys.
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by the well of water at evening time, the time when women go out to draw water.
Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these, among those which chew the cud, or among those which divide the hoof: the camel, for though it chews cud, it does not divide the hoof, it is unclean to you.
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.” So Gideon arose and killed Zebah and Zalmunna, and took the crescent ornaments which were on their camels’ necks.
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The Chaldeans formed three bands and made a raid on the camels and took them and slew the servants with the edge of the sword, and I alone have escaped to tell you.”
And he said, “Come in, blessed of the Lord! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?”
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Animals » Names of » Camels
For they would come up with their livestock and their tents, they would come in
Therefore
So
Nevertheless,
Camels » Esteemed a valuable booty
They also struck down
While he was still speaking, another also came and said, “The
They were helped against them, and the Hagrites and all who were with them were given into their hand; for they cried out to God in the battle, and He answered their prayers because they trusted in Him. They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000 men.
They will carry off for themselves
Their tent
And they will call out to one another, ‘
And their many cattle for booty,
And I will
And I will bring their disaster from every side,” declares the Lord.
Camels » Used for » Carrying burdens
Then they sat down to eat
So she came to Jerusalem with a very large retinue, with camels
So Hazael went to meet him and took a gift in his hand, even every kind of good thing of Damascus, forty camels’ loads; and he came and stood before him and said, “
Camels » A part of patriarchal wealth
Therefore
So
Camels » Unclean
Nevertheless,
Nevertheless, you are not to eat of these among those which
Camels » Abounded in the east
They took away their cattle: their 50,000 camels, 250,000 sheep, 2,000 donkeys; and 100,000
The young camels of Midian and
All those from
They will bring
And will
Camels » Referred to in illustrations by Christ
Camels » Used for » War
David
Now the Midianites and the Amalekites and all the sons of the east were lying in the valley
Camels » Subject to plagues
So also like this
behold,
Camels » Of the rich adorned with chains
Then Zebah and Zalmunna said, “Rise up yourself, and fall on us; for as the man, so is his strength.”
The weight of the gold earrings that he requested was 1,700 shekels of gold, besides the crescent ornaments and the pendants and the purple robes which were on the kings of Midian, and besides the neck bands that were on their camels’ necks.
Camels » Kept in numbers by kings
Obil the Ishmaelite had charge of the camels; and Jehdeiah the Meronothite had charge of the donkeys.
Camels » Treated with great care
And he said, "Come in, blessed of the LORD! Why do you stand outside since I have prepared the house, and a place for the camels?" So the man entered the house. Then Laban unloaded the camels, and he gave straw and feed to the camels, and water to wash his feet and the feet of the men who were with him.
Camels » Characterized by » Its docility
He made the camels kneel down outside the city by
Camels » Used for » Riding
Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.
Camels » The dromedary a species of, remarkable for swiftness
I have not gone after the
Look at your way in the
Know what you have done!
You are a swift young camel
Camels » Furniture of, alluded to
Now Rachel had taken the
Camels » Found in deserted places
I will make
Camels » Characterized by » The bunches on its back
The
Through a land of
From
They
And their treasures on
To a people who cannot profit them;
Camels » Used for » Conveying posts and messengers
He wrote in the name of King Ahasuerus, and sealed it with the king’s signet ring, and sent letters by couriers on
Camels » Used for » Drawing chariots
A train of donkeys, a train of camels,
Let him pay close attention, very close attention.”
Camels » Coarse cloth made from its hair
Now John himself had
Topics on Camels
Riding Camels
Genesis 24:61Then Rebekah arose with her maids, and they mounted the camels and followed the man. So the servant took Rebekah and departed.