99 Bible Verses About Pilgrimage
Bible verses about Pilgrimage
Embark on a sacred journey through scripture as we explore the concept of pilgrimage. More than just physical travel, pilgrimage, as understood in the Bible, represents our spiritual journey towards God. These verses illuminate the heart's longing for divine connection, the transformative power of leaving the familiar, and the blessings found in seeking God's presence. By studying these passages, we gain insight into the ancient practice of seeking holy ground and, more importantly, learn how to make our everyday lives a pilgrimage of faith, guided by His word and leading us closer to His eternal embrace.
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Numbers 1:52 (KJV)
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Pilgrimage: Bible Verses on Spiritual Journeys
And the people journeyed from Kibroth–hattaavah unto Hazeroth; and abode at Hazeroth.
And the king went to Gibeon to sacrifice there; for that was the great high place: a thousand burnt offerings did Solomon offer upon that altar.
And when the cloud was taken up from the tabernacle, then after that the children of Israel journeyed: and in the place where the cloud abode, there the children of Israel pitched their tents.
And they turned and went up into the mountain, and came unto the valley of Eshcol, and searched it out.
And Israel journeyed, and spread his tent beyond the tower of Edar.
And they removed from Dibon–gad, and encamped in Almon–diblathaim.
Then shalt thou go on forward from thence, and thou shalt come to the plain of Tabor, and there shall meet thee three men going up to God to Beth–el, one carrying three kids, and another carrying three loaves of bread, and another carrying a bottle of wine:
And Jethro, Moses’ father in law, came with his sons and his wife unto Moses into the wilderness, where he encamped at the mount of God:
Surely I will not come into the tabernacle of my house, nor go up into my bed;
Therefore came I forth to meet thee, diligently to seek thy face, and I have found thee.
And they removed from Tarah, and pitched in Mithcah.
Thrice in the year shall all your men children appear before the Lord God, the God of Israel.
And the land which I gave Abraham and Isaac, to thee I will give it, and to thy seed after thee will I give the land.
And their father said unto them, What way went he? For his sons had seen what way the man of God went, which came from Judah.
And after this, Abraham buried Sarah his wife in the cave of the field of Machpelah before Mamre: the same is Hebron in the land of Canaan.
And the children of Israel, even the whole congregation, journeyed from Kadesh, and came unto mount Hor.
But as for you, turn you, and take your journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea.
And all the plain on this side Jordan eastward, even unto the sea of the plain, under the springs of Pisgah.
And he led them forth by the right way, that they might go to a city of habitation.
In the wilderness, Beth–arabah, Middin, and Secacah,
And Abraham sojourned in the Philistines’ land many days.
And Shimei arose, and saddled his ass, and went to Gath to Achish to seek his servants: and Shimei went, and brought his servants from Gath.
Thy statutes have been my songs in the house of my pilgrimage.
At the commandment of the Lord the children of Israel journeyed, and at the commandment of the Lord they pitched: as long as the cloud abode upon the tabernacle they rested in their tents.
Thou shalt guide me with thy counsel, and afterward receive me to glory.
And they went up, and pitched in Kirjath–jearim, in Judah: wherefore they called that place Mahaneh–dan unto this day: behold, it is behind Kirjath–jearim.
But as for me, I will come into thy house in the multitude of thy mercy: and in thy fear will I worship toward thy holy temple.
And the children of Israel shall pitch their tents, every man by his own camp, and every man by his own standard, throughout their hosts.
Thou in thy mercy hast led forth the people which thou hast redeemed: thou hast guided them in thy strength unto thy holy habitation.
And they removed from Haradah, and pitched in Makheloth.
For ye are not as yet come to the rest and to the inheritance, which the Lord your God giveth you.
Lo, then would I wander far off, and remain in the wilderness. Selah.
Righteousness shall go before him; and shall set us in the way of his steps.
And the children of Israel encamped in Gilgal, and kept the passover on the fourteenth day of the month at even in the plains of Jericho.
And Abraham rose up early in the morning, and saddled his ass, and took two of his young men with him, and Isaac his son, and clave the wood for the burnt offering, and rose up, and went unto the place of which God had told him.
And when he had lifted up his eyes, he saw a wayfaring man in the street of the city: and the old man said, Whither goest thou? and whence comest thou?
Moreover his mother made him a little coat, and brought it to him from year to year, when she came up with her husband to offer the yearly sacrifice.
Then we turned, and took our journey into the wilderness by the way of the Red sea, as the Lord spake unto me: and we compassed mount Seir many days.
I will wash mine hands in innocency: so will I compass thine altar, O Lord:
Thou art my portion, O Lord: I have said that I would keep thy words.
Then on the third day Abraham lifted up his eyes, and saw the place afar off.
Whom have I in heaven but thee? and there is none upon earth that I desire beside thee.
Thou shalt sell me meat for money, that I may eat; and give me water for money, that I may drink: only I will pass through on my feet;
That your generations may know that I made the children of Israel to dwell in booths, when I brought them out of the land of Egypt: I am the Lord your God.
But at the place which the Lord thy God shall choose to place his name in, there thou shalt sacrifice the passover at even, at the going down of the sun, at the season that thou camest forth out of Egypt.
For they were departed from Rephidim, and were come to the desert of Sinai, and had pitched in the wilderness; and there Israel camped before the mount.
And he set up the hanging at the door of the tabernacle.
So we abode in the valley over against Beth–peor.
And Israel took his journey with all that he had, and came to Beer–sheba, and offered sacrifices unto the God of his father Isaac.
And they departed from Moseroth, and pitched in Bene–jaakan.
Glorious things are spoken of thee, O city of God. Selah.
And Jacob said unto Pharaoh, The days of the years of my pilgrimage are an hundred and thirty years: few and evil have the days of the years of my life been, and have not attained unto the days of the years of the life of my fathers in the days of their pilgrimage.
From thence they journeyed unto Gudgodah; and from Gudgodah to Jotbath, a land of rivers of waters.
Walk about Zion, and go round about her: tell the towers thereof.
They go from strength to strength, every one of them in Zion appeareth before God.
And Jacob went out from Beer–sheba, and went toward Haran.
And they departed from Rithmah, and pitched at Rimmon–parez.
And they removed from Jotbathah, and encamped at Ebronah.
And the children of Israel set forward, and pitched in Oboth.
If thy father at all miss me, then say, David earnestly asked leave of me that he might run to Beth–lehem his city: for there is a yearly sacrifice there for all the family.
And they departed from Punon, and pitched in Oboth.
And they departed from Succoth, and pitched in Etham, which is in the edge of the wilderness.
My foot hath held his steps, his way have I kept, and not declined.
And Jacob came to Shalem, a city of Shechem, which is in the land of Canaan, when he came from Padan–aram; and pitched his tent before the city.
I will rise now, and go about the city in the streets, and in the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, but I found him not.
I will praise thee with my whole heart: before the gods will I sing praise unto thee.
And they removed from Almon–diblathaim, and pitched in the mountains of Abarim, before Nebo.
So they turned and departed, and put the little ones and the cattle and the carriage before them.
And they departed from Oboth, and pitched in Ije–abarim, in the border of Moab.
And they dwelt from Havilah unto Shur, that is before Egypt, as thou goest toward Assyria: and he died in the presence of all his brethren.
They go up by the mountains; they go down by the valleys unto the place which thou hast founded for them.
To see thy power and thy glory, so as I have seen thee in the sanctuary.
And they went from Hor–hagidgad, and pitched in Jotbathah.
And he said unto him, We are passing from Beth–lehem–judah toward the side of mount Ephraim; from thence am I: and I went to Beth–lehem–judah, but I am now going to the house of the Lord; and there is no man that receiveth me to house.
So when they had gone through all the land, they came to Jerusalem at the end of nine months and twenty days.
And he took his brethren with him, and pursued after him seven days’ journey; and they overtook him in the mount Gilead.
Restore unto me the joy of thy salvation; and uphold me with thy free spirit.
For I will cast out the nations before thee, and enlarge thy borders: neither shall any man desire thy land, when thou shalt go up to appear before the Lord thy God thrice in the year.
And passed along toward the side over against Arabah northward, and went down unto Arabah:
Behold, I send an Angel before thee, to keep thee in the way, and to bring thee into the place which I have prepared.
He hath taken a bag of money with him, and will come home at the day appointed.
And Isaac departed thence, and pitched his tent in the valley of Gerar, and dwelt there.
And he called the name of that place Beth–el: but the name of that city was called Luz at the first.
And they went from Kehelathah, and pitched in mount Shapher.
When Israel went out of Egypt, the house of Jacob from a people of strange language;
And they departed from Dophkah, and encamped in Alush.
And when the cloud was taken up from over the tabernacle, the children of Israel went onward in all their journeys:
And we came to Jerusalem, and abode there three days.
Lead me, O Lord, in thy righteousness because of mine enemies; make thy way straight before my face.
That Moses commanded the Levites, which bare the ark of the covenant of the Lord, saying,
And they departed from Kibroth–hattaavah, and encamped at Hazeroth.
Thine eyes shall see the king in his beauty: they shall behold the land that is very far off.
Three times in the year all thy males shall appear before the Lord God.
I pray thee, let me go over, and see the good land that is beyond Jordan, that goodly mountain, and Lebanon.
And they departed from Rephidim, and pitched in the wilderness of Sinai.
And they removed from Makheloth, and encamped at Tahath.
And I have also established my covenant with them, to give them the land of Canaan, the land of their pilgrimage, wherein they were strangers.
And the king went forth, and all the people after him, and tarried in a place that was far off.
And they departed from Hazeroth, and pitched in Rithmah.
The Bible's verses on pilgrimage offer a powerful metaphor for the Christian life, portraying it as a journey of faith, devotion, and transformation. Whether physically traveling to sacred sites or metaphorically navigating life's challenges, these passages remind us of our transient nature and the ultimate destination: a closer relationship with God. They underscore the importance of intentionality, sacrifice, and unwavering faith amidst trials. Reflecting on these verses encourages us to embrace the pilgrimage mindset, continuously seeking spiritual growth, prioritizing eternal values, and relying on God's guidance. May we all live as pilgrims, journeying towards holiness and carrying the light of Christ on our path, ultimately inspiring others to join us on this transformative journey.