Torrey's Topical Index

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