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== Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature <ref name="term_37059" /> ==
 
<p> ( '''''רֶּרֶךְ''''' '''''יוֹם''''' , '''''מִהֲלִךְ''''' '''''יוֹם''''' , '''''Ὁδὸς''''' '''''Ἡμερησίη''''' , Herod. 4:101), a distance such as (in the East) a person might travel in a single day. (See Sabbath- Day'S Journey). According to &nbsp;Jonah 3:3, the circuit of [[Nineveh]] was three days' journey. This mode of describing distances is also found in Greek, Roman, Arabian, and [[Persian]] writers (see Strabo, 17:835; Pliny, v. 4, 9; 6:35; Livy, 25:15; 30:29; Athen. 1:7). It needs scarcely be remarked that in itself (if strictly taken) it would be a very vague and fluctuating measurement, the length of a day's journey depending so much on the peculiar circumstances under which each pedestrian travels (see Casaubon ad Strab. 1:35; Ukert, Geogr. d. Griech. u. Rom. I, 2:58). But the ancient writers seem to have fixed on the average of what was usually performed by foot-travelers (Herod. 3, 9; 4:9). [[Herodotus]] in one place says (iv. 401) a day's journey amounts to 200 stadia (comp. Polyb. 3, 8; Livy, 21:15); in another (v. 53) to 150 (comp. Pausanias, 10:33, 2). According to Vegetius (Mil. 1:9), twenty Roman miles, that is, 160 stadia, were reckoned for a day's journey. In the [[Arabian]] geographers the length of a day's journey is equally variable; yet among them, as in the East at the present day (Tavernier, 1:48), it may be stated generally at about seven leagues, or from eighteen to twenty English miles, which is probably not far from the distance intended by that expression in Scripture, which occurs chiefly in the [[Pentateuch]] (&nbsp;Genesis 30:36; &nbsp;Genesis 31:23; &nbsp;Exodus 5:3; &nbsp;Exodus 8:27; &nbsp;Numbers 11:31; &nbsp;Deuteronomy 1:2), but also elsewhere (&nbsp;1 Kings 19:4; &nbsp;2 Kings 3:9), and even in the [[Apocrypha]] (&nbsp;1 [[Maccabees]] 5:24; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 5:28; &nbsp;1 Maccabees 7:45; &nbsp;Tobit 6:1), in the New Test. (&nbsp;Luke 2:44; &nbsp;Acts 1:12), often in Josephus, (Ant. 12:4, 6; &nbsp;Revelation 2:9; Life, 52), and in the [[Talmud]] (see Otho, Lex. Rabb. p. 421). (See [[Journey]]). </p>
Day'S Journey <ref name="term_3156" />
       
<p> ''''' jûr´ni ''''' ( דּרך יום , <i> ''''' derekh yōm ''''' </i> , &nbsp;Genesis 30:36; &nbsp;Numbers 10:33; &nbsp;Numbers 11:31; ἡμέρας ὁδός , <i> ''''' hēméras hodós ''''' </i> , &nbsp;Luke 2:44 ): The common way of estimating distances in the East is by hours and days. This is natural in a country where roads are mere bridle paths or non-existent, as in the desert. The distance traveled must of course differ largely according to the difficulties of the way, and it is more important to know where night will overtake the traveler than the actual distance accomplished. A day's journey is now commonly reckoned at about 3 miles per hour, the distance usually covered by a loaded mule, the number of hours being about 8. Hence, a day's journey is about 24 miles, and this may be taken as a fair estimate for Bible times. </p>
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<ref name="term_3156"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/international-standard-bible-encyclopedia/day's+journey Day'S Journey from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia]</ref>
<ref name="term_37059"> [https://bibleportal.com/encyclopedia/cyclopedia-of-biblical-theological-and-ecclesiastical-literature/days+journey Day'S Journey from Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature]</ref>
       
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Day'S Journey [1]

jûr´ni ( דּרך יום , derekh yōm ,  Genesis 30:36;  Numbers 10:33;  Numbers 11:31; ἡμέρας ὁδός , hēméras hodós ,  Luke 2:44 ): The common way of estimating distances in the East is by hours and days. This is natural in a country where roads are mere bridle paths or non-existent, as in the desert. The distance traveled must of course differ largely according to the difficulties of the way, and it is more important to know where night will overtake the traveler than the actual distance accomplished. A day's journey is now commonly reckoned at about 3 miles per hour, the distance usually covered by a loaded mule, the number of hours being about 8. Hence, a day's journey is about 24 miles, and this may be taken as a fair estimate for Bible times.

References

  1. ↑ Day'S Journey from International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
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