Dictionary of Bible Themes – 5427 nomads
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5427 nomads

5427 nomads

People who moved about from place to place, having no settled abode. They lived in tents and frequented desert places

Examples of nomads

The patriarchs Ps 105:12-13; Heb 11:8-9 See also Ge 12:8; Ge 13:3,15,18; Ge 26:25; Ge 31:25; Ge 35:21; Dt 26:5; 1Ch 16:18-20

Israel during her desert wanderings Nu 32:13 See also 1Ch 17:5-6 The Tabernacle was designed as a place of worship during this nomadic existence.

Other nomadic peoples Ge 4:20 Jabal; Jdg 4:17 the Kenites The Midianites: Jdg 6:3; Hab 3:7 Kedar: Ps 120:5; Jer 49:28-29; Eze 25:4
Isa 13:20 Arabs; Jer 35:1-11 The Recabites retained their nomadic ways long after Israel had settled in the land of Canaan.

Desert tracks followed by nomads Jdg 8:11; Jer 3:2

The nomadic life as a spiritual symbol

1Pe 2:11 See also Heb 11:13-16; 1Pe 1:17

Jesus Christ as a nomad

Mt 8:20

See also

5076Abraham, life of
5244camp
5578tents
5590travel
7221exodus, the
7459tabernacle, in OT
7530foreigners

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