Jahn's Biblical Archaeology; Translated from the Latin, with Additions and Corrections (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1839 edition. Excerpt: ...and on the contrary, the respectability attached to their office, (supposing they were not chosen from them, ) entitled them to be reckoned in their number, Deut. 31: 28. comp. Josh. 8: 33. 23: 2. 24: 1. The various civil officers that have been mentioned in this section, viz. judges, heads of families, genealogists, elders, princes of the tribes, etc. were dispersed, as a matter of course, in different parts of the country. Those of them, accordingly, who dwelt in the same city, or the same neighbourhood, formed the comitia, senate, or legislative assembly of their immediate vicinity, Deut. 19: 12. 20: 8, 9. Judg. 8: 14. 9: 3--46. 11: 5. I Sam. 8: 4. 16: 4. When all, that dwelt in any particular tribe, were convened, they formed the legislative assembly of the tribe, and when they were convened in one body from all the tribes, they formed in like manner the legislative assembly of the nation, and were the representatives of all the people, Judg. 1: 1--11. 11: 5. 20:12-24. Josh. 23: 1,2. 24: 1. The priests, who were the learned class of the community, and besides were hereditary officers in the state, being set apart for civil as well as religious purposes, had, by the divine command, a right to a sitting in this assembly, Exod. 32:29. Num. 36:13. 258 217. CONNEXION OF The Tribes With Each Other. 8: 5--26. Being thus called upon to sustain very different and jet very important offices, they became the subjects of that envy, which would naturally be excited by the honor and the advantages, attached to their situation. In order to confirm them in the duties which devolved upon them, and to throw at the greatest distance the mean and lurking principle just mentioned, God, after the sedition of Korah, Dathan, and Abiram, sanctioned the...