Difference between revisions of "Carts"

<p> Or wagons were used in [[Palestine]] formerly, though now almost unknown. The roads are generally impassable by any wheeled vehicle; and the chief use of the cart was on a limited scale for agricultural purposes, such as forcing the ripe grain out of the ear, bruising the straw, removing the produce of the fields, etc., &nbsp;Isaiah 5:18; &nbsp;28:27,28 . Wagons were used to carry [[Israel]] into Egypt, and for the conveyance of the ark, &nbsp;Genesis 45:27; &nbsp;Numbers 7:3-9 . They were often drawn by heifers, etc., &nbsp;1 Samuel 6:7 , and were usually low, and on solid wooden wheels, sometimes iron-shod. </p>

<p> Drawn by cattle (&nbsp;2 Samuel 6:6). Open or covered (&nbsp;Numbers 20:3). The CHARIOT was drawn by horses. There are scarcely any roads in [[Syria]] and Palestine, so that horse carriages are almost unknown. The cart wheels are often of solid wood. WAGONS: &nbsp;Genesis 45:19 [[Goods]] are mostly conveyed on the backs of camels, asses, oxen. The [[Assyrian]] wagon is seen represented in bas-relief on the monuments at Nimrud and Koyunjik. </p>