In biblical times, the concept of "carriers" can be understood in various contexts, including the transportation of goods, messages, and even burdens. The term "carrier" itself may not be explicitly used in the Berean Standard Bible, but the roles and functions associated with carrying are evident throughout Scripture.

1. Carriers of Goods:

In ancient Israel, the transportation of goods was essential for trade, sustenance, and religious practices. Carriers often used animals such as donkeys and camels to transport goods across long distances. Genesis 37:25 provides an example: "As they sat down to eat their meal, they looked up and saw a caravan of Ishmaelites coming from Gilead. Their camels were loaded with spices, balm, and myrrh, and they were on their way to take them down to Egypt."

The role of carriers was crucial in the economy and daily life, facilitating trade and the movement of essential commodities. In the New Testament, Acts 21:15 mentions the use of pack animals for travel: "After these days, we packed up and went on to Jerusalem."

2. Carriers of Messages:

Messengers played a vital role in communication, especially in delivering important news or decrees. In 2 Samuel 18:19-33, we see the account of Ahimaaz and the Cushite, who were tasked with carrying news to King David regarding the outcome of the battle and the fate of his son Absalom.

The role of carriers as messengers is also evident in the New Testament. In Philippians 2:25, Paul refers to Epaphroditus as a messenger: "But I thought it necessary to send back to you Epaphroditus, my brother, fellow worker, and fellow soldier, who is also your messenger and minister to my needs."

3. Carriers of Burdens:

The concept of carrying burdens is both literal and metaphorical in the Bible. In a literal sense, individuals often carried physical loads, as seen in Exodus 23:5: "If you see the donkey of someone who hates you fallen under its load, do not leave it there; you must help him with it."

Metaphorically, the Bible speaks of carrying burdens in terms of spiritual and emotional weight. Galatians 6:2 encourages believers to "Carry one another’s burdens, and in this way you will fulfill the law of Christ." This reflects the Christian duty to support and uplift one another in times of need.

4. Carriers of the Ark:

A significant role of carriers in the Old Testament was the transportation of the Ark of the Covenant. The Levites were specifically appointed for this sacred task. In 1 Chronicles 15:15, it is recorded: "And the Levites carried the ark of God on their shoulders with poles, as Moses had commanded according to the word of the LORD."

The careful and reverent handling of the Ark underscores the importance of carriers in maintaining the sanctity and obedience to God's commands.

5. Symbolic Carriers:

In a symbolic sense, believers are called to be carriers of the Gospel and the presence of God. In 2 Corinthians 4:7, Paul writes, "But we have this treasure in jars of clay to show that this surpassingly great power is from God and not from us." Here, the imagery of carriers is used to describe the responsibility of Christians to bear the message of salvation to the world.

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Phonetic Spelling: (shoor) Short Definition: carriers. Word Origin a prim. ...
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Clean Carriers
... CLEAN CARRIERS. 'Be ye clean, that bear the vessels of the Lord.'"Isaiah
52:11. The context points to a great deliverance. It is ...
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Early English Interpreters of Spiritual Religion: John Everard ...
... I The ideas developed by spiritual Reformers on the Continent were brought into
England by a great variety of carriers and over many routes. ...
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Unhappy Souls! Stricken through with all These Barbarisms as with ...
... Your reply is, "I do not know." Then why do you send me messengers and letter-carriers,
who are constantly coming, merely to teach me that you are ignorant? ...
/.../10 unhappy souls stricken through.htm

Now, as to the Question which You Raise, when it was that I Began ...
... addressed to me, as you well know, even at the time when you prevented their being
forwarded to me, and when you used daily to send letter carriers to him ...
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Expositions of Holy Scripture
... DYING FIRES. THE AWAKENING OF ZION. A PARADOX OF SELLING AND BUYING. CLEAN CARRIERS.
MARCHING ORDERS. THE ARM OF THE LORD. THE SUFFERING SERVANT-I. ...
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Disestablishment
... such desolation to Connecticut that ships again lay rotting at the wharves, ropewalks
and warehouses were deserted, cargoes were without carriers, and seamen ...
/.../chapter xv disestablishment.htm

The Greeks Claim, Without Reason, the Invention of the Arts.
... the soul. Footnotes: [422] epistolas suntattein , ie, for transmission
by letter-carriers.--Otto. [423] Aristoph., Ran??, 92, 93. ...
/.../tatian/tatians address to the greeks/chapter i the greeks claim without.htm

The True Manner of Keeping Holy the Lord's Day.
... Secondly, From carrying burdens, as carriers do (Nehemiah 13:15; Jeremiah
17:21, 22, 27;) or riding abroad for profit or for pleasure. ...
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The Burden-Bearing God
... only does He march at the head of the congregation through the wilderness, but He
comes, if I might so say, behind the caravan, amongst the carriers and the ...
/.../maclaren/expositions of holy scripture j/the burden-bearing god.htm

To the Rev. Andrew Brandram
... Their husbands and sons are far differently employed, for they are a nation of arrieros
or carriers, and almost esteem it a disgrace to follow any other ...
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Carriers (7 Occurrences)
... Multi-Version Concordance Carriers (7 Occurrences). Joshua 9:21 The princes
said to them, "Let them live, so they became wood cutters ...
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Carries (27 Occurrences)

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Fever (13 Occurrences)
... but especially in low-lying districts or places where there are pools or marshes
in which mosquitoes breed, these insects being the commonest carriers of the ...
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Midian (60 Occurrences)
... in Scripture are consistent with what we know of the immemorial ways of Arabian
tribes, now engaged in pastoral pursuits, again as carriers of merchandise, and ...
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Midianites (30 Occurrences)
... in Scripture are consistent with what we know of the immemorial ways of Arabian
tribes, now engaged in pastoral pursuits, again as carriers of merchandise, and ...
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Plague (142 Occurrences)
... of quails, and if these were, as is probable, driven by the wind from the
plague-stricken Serbonian region, they were equally probably the carriers of the ...
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Carried (327 Occurrences)

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Phoenicians
... antiquity at their back and on either side, they faced the young, vigorous and growing
nations of the West, and they served them all as carriers and producers. ...
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Phoenicia (6 Occurrences)
... antiquity at their back and on either side, they faced the young, vigorous and growing
nations of the West, and they served them all as carriers and producers. ...
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