Highways | Torrey's Topical Textbook

Roads for public use Numbers 20:19; Deuteronomy 2:27
Called the king's highway Numbers 20:17
Marked out by heaps of stones Jeremiah 31:21
Generally broad Judges 20:32,45; Matthew 7:13
Generally straight 1 Samuel 6:12; Isaiah 40:3
Made to all cities of refuge Deuteronomy 19:2,3
Often made in deserts Isaiah 40:3
INFESTED WITH
- Serpents Genesis 49:17
- Wild beasts 1 Kings 13:24; Isaiah 35:9
- Robbers Jeremiah 3:2; Luke 10:30-33
Beggars sat by sides of Matthew 20:30; Mark 10:46
Often obstructed Jeremiah 18:15
All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction Isaiah 40:3,4; Matthew 3:3
By-paths more secure in times of danger Judges 5:6
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Leviticus 26:22; Isaiah 33:8
ILLUSTRATIVE
- Of Christ John 14:6
- Of the way of holiness Isaiah 35:8
- Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews Isaiah 11:16; 62:10
- (Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the Gospel Isaiah 40:3; 43:19
- (Narrow,) of the way of life Matthew 7:14
- (Broad,) of the way to destruction Matthew 7:13

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