Topic
Deserts
76 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
These works date from 1897 and are in the public domain. They reflect the Protestant scholarship of their time: their history, archaeology and dates can be out of date, and where they interpret, other traditions read the text differently. The verses are shown in the King James Version, the wording these works were written against.
The verses
The passages the works cite, those cited by more of them first.
- Genesis 16:7Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Shur
¶ And the angel of the LORD found her by a fountain of water in the wilderness, by the fountain in the way to Shur.
- Genesis 21:14Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Beersheba
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and took bread, and a bottle of water, and gave it unto Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, and the child, and sent her away: and she departed, and wandered in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
- Genesis 21:20Torrey Inhabited by wandering tribes
And God was with the lad; and he grew, and dwelt in the wilderness, and became an archer.
- Genesis 21:21Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Paran
And he dwelt in the wilderness of Paran: and his mother took him a wife out of the land of Egypt.
- Genesis 36:24Torrey Parts of, afforded pasture
And these are the children of Zibeon; both Ajah, and Anah: this was that Anah that found the mules in the wilderness, as he fed the asses of Zibeon his father.
- Exodus 3:1Torrey Parts of, afforded pasture
Now Moses kept the flock of Jethro his father in law, the priest of Midian: and he led the flock to the backside of the desert, and came to the mountain of God, even to Horeb.
- Exodus 5:3Torrey Vast barren plains
And they said, The God of the Hebrews hath met with us: let us go, we pray thee, three days’ journey into the desert, and sacrifice unto the LORD our God; lest he fall upon us with pestilence, or with the sword.
- Exodus 13:18Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Of the Red Sea
But God led the people about, through the way of the wilderness of the Red sea: and the children of Israel went up harnessed out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 14:3Torrey Danger of travelling in
For Pharaoh will say of the children of Israel, They are entangled in the land, the wilderness hath shut them in.
- Exodus 16:1Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Sin
And they took their journey from Elim, and all the congregation of the children of Israel came unto the wilderness of Sin, which is between Elim and Sinai, on the fifteenth day of the second month after their departing out of the land of Egypt.
- Exodus 17:1Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Dry and without water
And all the congregation of the children of Israel journeyed from the wilderness of Sin, after their journeys, according to the commandment of the LORD, and pitched in Rephidim: and there was no water for the people to drink.
- Exodus 19:1Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Sinai
In the third month, when the children of Israel were gone forth out of the land of Egypt, the same day came they into the wilderness of Sinai.
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- Exodus 19:2 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Sinai
- Exodus 23:31 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Arabian or great desert
- Numbers 10:12 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Paran
- Numbers 10:31 Torrey Guides required in
- Numbers 20:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Zin
- Numbers 20:5 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Uncultivated
- Numbers 27:14 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Zin
- Numbers 33:16 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Sinai
- Deuteronomy 1:19 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Great and terrible
- Deuteronomy 2:26 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Kedemoth
- Deuteronomy 8:15 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Dry and without water
- Deuteronomy 28:24 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Clouds of sand and dust
- Deuteronomy 32:10 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Waste and howling
- Joshua 18:12 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Bethaven
- 1 Samuel 22:2 Torrey The disaffected fled to
- 1 Samuel 23:14 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Ziph
- 1 Samuel 23:15 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Ziph
- 1 Samuel 23:24 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Maon
- 1 Samuel 23:25 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Maon
- 1 Samuel 24:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Engedi
- 2 Samuel 2:24 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Gibeon
- 1 Kings 19:3 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Beersheba
- 1 Kings 19:4 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Beersheba
- 1 Kings 19:15 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Damascus
- 2 Kings 3:8 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Edom
- 2 Kings 19:7 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Simoom or deadly wind
- 2 Chronicles 20:16 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Jeruel
- Psalms 29:8 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Kadesh
- Psalms 72:9 Torrey Inhabited by wandering tribes
- Psalms 106:9 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Barrenness
- Psalms 107:33 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Barrenness
- Psalms 107:35 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Barrenness
- Song of Songs 3:6 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The world
- Song of Songs 8:5 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The world
- Isaiah 13:21 Torrey Infested with wild beasts
- Isaiah 21:1 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Tornadoes or whirlwinds
- Isaiah 35:1 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The Gentiles
- Isaiah 35:6 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The Gentiles
- Isaiah 41:19 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — The Gentiles
- Isaiah 43:19 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Trackless
- Jeremiah 2:2 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Uncultivated
- Jeremiah 2:6 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Uninhabited and lonesome
- Jeremiah 2:31 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — What affords no support
- Jeremiah 3:2 Torrey Infested with robbers
- Jeremiah 4:11 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Simoom or deadly wind
- Jeremiah 4:12 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Clouds of sand and dust
- Jeremiah 4:13 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Clouds of sand and dust
- Jeremiah 12:10–13 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Desolation by armies
- Jeremiah 15:18 Torrey PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO — Mirage or deceptive appearance of water
- Jeremiah 17:6 Torrey Heath often found in
- Jeremiah 25:24 Torrey Inhabited by wandering tribes
- Jeremiah 50:12 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Desolation by armies
- Lamentations 4:19 Torrey Infested with robbers
- Ezekiel 6:14 Torrey DESCRIBED AS — Desolate
- Hosea 2:3 Torrey ILLUSTRATIVE OF — Those deprived of blessings
- Matthew 3:1 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Judea
- Matthew 14:15 Torrey Uninhabited places
- Mark 1:13 Torrey Infested with wild beasts
- Mark 6:31 Torrey Uninhabited places
- John 6:13 Torrey Vast barren plains
- Acts 8:26 Torrey MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE — Near Gaza
- Acts 21:38 Torrey The disaffected fled to
- 2 Corinthians 11:26 Torrey Danger of travelling in
- Hebrews 11:38 Torrey The persecuted fled to
In the topical indexes
Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897) · 80 references, grouped by sub-topic
- Vast barren plains Ex 5:3; Joh 6:13
- Uninhabited places Mt 14:15; Mr 6:31
- DESCRIBED AS
- Infested with wild beasts Isa 13:21; Mr 1:13
- Infested with serpents De 8:15
- Infested with robbers Jer 3:2; La 4:19
- Danger of travelling in Ex 14:3; 2Co 11:26
- Guides required in Nu 10:31; De 32:10
- PHENOMENA OF, ALLUDED TO
- MENTIONED IN SCRIPTURE
- Arabian or great desert Ex 23:31
- Bethaven Jos 18:12
- Beersheba Ge 21:14; 1Ki 19:3,4
- Damascus 1Ki 19:15
- Edom 2Ki 3:8
- Engedi 1Sa 24:1
- Gibeon 2Sa 2:24
- Judea Mt 3:1
- Jeruel 2Ch 20:16
- Kedemoth De 2:26
- Kadesh Ps 29:8
- Maon 1Sa 23:24,25
- Paran Ge 21:21; Nu 10:12
- Shur Ge 16:7
- Sin Ex 16:1
- Sinai Ex 19:1,2; Nu 33:16
- Ziph 1Sa 23:14,15
- Zin Nu 20:1; 27:14
- Of the Red Sea Ex 13:18
- Near Gaza Ac 8:26
- Heath often found in Jer 17:6
- Parts of, afforded pasture Ge 36:24; Ex 3:1
- Inhabited by wandering tribes Ge 21:20,21; Ps 72:9; Jer 25:24
- The persecuted fled to 1Sa 23:14; Heb 11:38
- The disaffected fled to 1Sa 22:2; Ac 21:38
- ILLUSTRATIVE OF
Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.