Highways
Roads for public use -- Nu 20:19; De 2:27. Called the king's highway -- Nu 20:17. Marked out by heaps of stones -- Jer 31:21. Generally broad -- Jdj 20:32,45; Mt 7:13. Generally straight -- 1Sa 6:12; Isa 40:3. Made to all cities of refuge -- De 19:2,3. Often made in deserts -- Isa 40:3. Infested with Serpents. -- Ge 49:17. Wild beasts. -- 1Ki 13:24; Isa 35:9. Robbers. -- Jer 3:2; Lu 10:30-33. Beggars sat by sides of -- Mt 20:30; Mr 10:46. Often obstructed -- Jer 18:15. All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction -- Isa 40:3,4; Mt 3:3. By-paths more secure in times of danger -- Jdj 5:6. Desolation of, threatened as a punishment -- Le 26:22; Isa 33:8. Illustrative Of Christ. -- Joh 14:6. Of the way of holiness. -- Isa 35:8. Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews. -- Isa 11:16; 62:10. (Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel. -- Isa 40:3; 43:19. (Narrow,) of the way of life. -- Mt 7:14. (Broad,) of the way to destruction. -- Mt 7:13.