_THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO SEALED THE COVENANT, IN WHICH THEY ENGAGED NOT TO MARRY STRANGE WIVES; TO OBSERVE THE SABBATH; TO PAY THEIR ANNUAL TRIBUTE, THEIR TYTHES, AND FIRST-FRUITS._ _Before Christ 444._... [ Continue Reading ]
THOSE THAT SEALED WERE, NEHEMIAH, &C.— It appears from this, that the government of the Jews was an aristocracy, or a government in which the nobles were the rulers. This mode of administration continued till the time of the Asmodean princes; and thence, by a natural transition, passed into an absol... [ Continue Reading ]
AND ENTERED INTO A CURSE, AND INTO AN OATH— 1:e. An oath under a conditional execration. Houbigant renders it, _ut jus jurandum juremus, that we may take an oath._ He supposes this verse to be connected with the preceding one, and accordingly renders it thus: _Their nobles promising for their brethr... [ Continue Reading ]