sabbath days journey Summary and Overview
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sabbath days journey in Schaff's Bible Dictionary
A SABBATH DAY'S JOURNEY Acts 1:12, was about seven-eighths of a mile, and the term denoted the distance which Jewish tradition said one might travel without a violation of the law. Ex 16:29. It is supposed that this distance extended first from the tabernacle to the remotest section of the camp, and afterward from the temple to the remotest parts of the holy city. See Measures.