Sabbath-day's journey

noun

The distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.

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noun

alternative Sabbath-day's walk

  1. historicalThe distance of 2,000 cubits, or about five furlongs, which a Jew was permitted to walk on the Sabbath, fixed by the space between the extreme end of the camp and the ark.

Origin

See Joshua iii. 4 in the Bible.

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