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Day's Journey

Easton's Bible Dictionary

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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 Exodus 3:18 is simply a journey which would occupy three days in going and returning.

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Easton, Matthew George. Entry for 'Day's Journey'. Easton's Bible Dictionary. https://www.studylight.org/​dictionaries/​eng/​ebd/​d/days-journey.html. 1897.
 
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