Biblical Geography

Roads & Travel Routes

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The trade roads, pilgrimage ascents and travel routes along which the story moved.

  • The Via Maris (the Way of the Sea)Roadidentification debated

    The coastal highway from Egypt to Damascus and Mesopotamia, the road of armies and merchants along which Isaiah saw light coming to Galilee.

    Roads & Travel RoutesIsaiah 9:1

  • The King's HighwayRoad

    The highland road east of the Jordan from the Red Sea to Damascus, along the plateaus of Edom, Moab and Ammon.

    Roads & Travel RoutesNumbers 20:17

  • The Jerusalem–Jericho RoadRoad

    The steep desert descent from the city to the oasis: the road of the good Samaritan, of pilgrims going up, and of Jesus' last journey.

    Roads & Travel RoutesRoute 1 follows much of the ancient lineLuke 10:30

  • The Pilgrimage RoadsRoads

    The roads the tribes climbed three times a year to the feasts, singing the psalms of ascent.

    Roads & Travel RoutesPsalm 122:1-2

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