Roads for public use Nu 20:19; De 2:27
Called the king's highway Nu 20:17
Marked out by heaps of stones Jer 31:21
Generally broad Jud 20:32,45; Mt 7:13
Generally straight 1Sa 6:12; Isa 40:3
Made to all cities of refuge De 19:2,3
Often made in deserts Isa 40:3
INFESTED WITH
Serpents Ge 49:17
Wild beasts 1Ki 13:24; Isa 35:9
Robbers Jer 3:2; Lu 10:30-33
Beggars sat by sides of Mt 20:30; Mr 10:46
Often obstructed Jer 18:15
All obstructions removed from, before persons of distinction Isa 40:3,4; Mt 3:3
By-paths more secure in times of danger Jud 5:6
Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Le 26:22; Isa 33:8
ILLUSTRATIVE
Of Christ Joh 14:6
Of the way of holiness Isa 35:8
Of facilities for the restoration of the Jews Isa 11:16; 62:10
(Made in the deserts,) of facilities for the spread of the gospel Isa 40:3; 43:19
(Narrow,) of the way of life Mt 7:14
(Broad,) of the way to destruction Mt 7:13