Sabbath
Day's Journey (Exodus xvi. 29; Acts i. 12), with the Jews was
not to exceed the distance between the ark and the extreme end of the
camp. This was 2,000 cubits, somewhat short of an English mile. (Exodus
xvi. 29: Acts i. 12.)
Up to the hill by Hebron, seat of giants old,
No journey of a Sabbath Day, and loaded so.
Milton: Samson Agonistes.
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