journey Summary and Overview
Bible Dictionaries at a Glance
journey in Easton's Bible Dictionary
(1.) A day's journey in the East is from 16 to 20 miles (Num. 11:31). (2.) A Sabbath-day's journey is 2,000 paces or yards from the city walls (Acts 1:12). According to Jewish tradition, it was the distance one might travel without violating the law of Ex. 16:29. (See SABBATH T0003170.)
journey in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
JOUR'NEY . The Orientals travel in the morning early or in the evening, often into the night, resting during the heat of the day. A day's journey was from 10 to 20 miles, Deut 1:2; a sabbath day's journey was 2000 paces, or three-quarters of a mile. But it is at least probable that the phrase in the Bible, "a day's journey," does not mean any definite length, but simply as far as was travelled on that particular day.