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Easton: Day’s journey

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The usual length of a day’s journey in the East, on camel or horseback, in six or eight hours, is about 25 or 30 miles. The “three days’ journey” mentioned in Ex. 3:18 is simply a journey which would occupy three days in going and returning.

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Matthew Easton, Illustrated Bible Dictionary (1897) · Day’s journey ↗
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