New Torrey's Topical Textbook: Rev. R. A. Torrey

Highways

• Roads for public use Num. 20:19; Dt. 2:27
• Called the king's highway Num. 20:17
• Marked out by heaps of stones Jer. 31:21
• Generally broad Judg. 20:32, 45; Mt. 7:13
• Generally straight 1 Sam. 6:12; Isa. 40:3
• Made to all cities of refuge Dt. 19:2, 3
• Often made in deserts Isa. 40:3
• Infested with
  • Serpents Gen. 49:17
  • Wild beasts 1 Ki. 13:24; Isa. 35:9
  • Robbers Jer. 3:2; Lk. 10:30-33
• Beggars sat by sides of Mt. 20:30; Mk. 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 Judg. 5:6
• Desolation of, threatened as a punishment Lev. 26:22; Isa. 33:8
• Illustrative
  • Of Christ Jn. 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