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809. The Furlong (#98343)
809. The Furlong
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Manners and Customs of the Bible
By:
James M. Freeman
Narrator:
Chris Genthree
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John 11:18
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Now Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off: (John 11:18)
. Bethany was nigh unto Jerusalem, about fifteen furlongs off.
The stadium, or “furlong,” mentioned here and in
Luke 24:13
13
And, behold, two of them went that same day to a village called Emmaus, which was from Jerusalem about threescore furlongs. (Luke 24:13)
;
John 6:19
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So when they had rowed about five and twenty or thirty furlongs, they see Jesus walking on the sea, and drawing nigh unto the ship: and they were afraid. (John 6:19)
;
Revelation 14:20; 21:16
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And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs. (Revelation 14:20)
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And the city lieth foursquare, and the length is as large as the breadth: and he measured the city with the reed, twelve thousand furlongs. The length and the breadth and the height of it are equal. (Revelation 21:16)
, was not so long as our English furlong, being six hundred and six feet and nine inches in length.
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