Dictionary of Bible Themes » 5000 Humanity » 5200 Human civilisation » 5427 nomads
People who moved about from place to place, having no settled abode. They lived in tents and frequented desert places
Examples of nomads
The patriarchs
Psalm 105:12-13; Hebrews 11:8-9 See also Genesis 12:8; Genesis 13:3,15,18; Genesis 26:25; Genesis 31:25; Genesis 35:21; Deuteronomy 26:5; 1 Chronicles 16:18-20
Israel during her desert wanderings
Numbers 32:13 See also 1 Chronicles 17:5-6 The Tabernacle was designed as a place of worship during this nomadic existence.
Other nomadic peoples
Genesis 4:20 Jabal; Judges 4:17 the Kenites
The Midianites:
Judges 6:3; Habakkuk 3:7
Kedar:
Psalm 120:5; Jeremiah 49:28-29; Ezekiel 25:4 Isaiah 13:20 Arabs; Jeremiah 35:1-11 The Recabites retained their nomadic ways long after Israel had settled in the land of Canaan.
Desert tracks followed by nomads
Judges 8:11; Jeremiah 3:2
The nomadic life as a spiritual symbol
1 Peter 2:11 See also Hebrews 11:13-16; 1 Peter 1:17
Jesus Christ as a nomad
Matthew 8:20
See also
5076 Abraham, life of 5244 camp 5578 tents 5590 travel 7221 exodus, the 7459 tabernacle, in OT 7530 foreigners
