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Menolaus, brother to Simen the traitor, boing employed by Jason to carry Before
Christ
the money to the king, promiseth 300 talents of silver above what Jason
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had scat, and getteth the priesthood to himself.

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ine seventh Age.

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Troas; chere he restores Eutyona to life. Having passed throngli sóveral
cities of Greece, he arrives at Miletus; from thence he sends to call the
elders of the Church of Ephesus, whom he earnestly exhorts to the perform-
ance of their duty.

Paul comes to Jerusalem, is apprehended in the temple, and secured in the
castle; he claimeth the privilege of à Roman, and escapeth scourging.

Paul pleadeth bis cause before Ananias the high priest. The chief captain,
understanding that above forty Jews had bound themselves under a curae
neither to eat nor drink till they nad killed him, sends him to Felix the go-
vernor of the province, by whom he is imprisoned at Cesarea.

Paul is accused before Felix by Tertullus the orator: Felix goes out of his.
office, and to gratify the Jews, leaves Paul in prison. Portius Festus suc-
ceeds him in the government.

The Jews come to Cesarea, and accuse Paul before Festus. He answereth
for himself, and appeals unto Cesar. King Agrippa comes to Cesarea, and
Festus opens the whole matter to him.

Paul makes his defence in the presence of Agrippa; who thereby is almost
persuaded to be a Christian, and the whole company pronounce him inno-

cent.

Paul comes to Rome, is a prisoner at large, and preacheth there 2 years.
Here ends the History of the Acts of the Apostles, written by St. Luke, St.
Paul's beloved companion in his travels.

Saint Paul from Rome writes his epistles,
To the Philippians.

To Philemon.
To the Colossians.

To the Ephesians.

The seventh Age

About the latter end of this year St. Paul is set at liberty; and a little
before his departure out of Italy into Asia he writes his epistle to the He-

brews.

He preacheth the gospel in the isle of Crete, and leaves Titus there to set
things in order, and ordain elders in every city

St. Paul writes his epistles,

Tc Timothy I.

To Titus.

To Timothy II.

About this time the epistles of St. Peter, St. John, and St. Jude, seem to
be written.

St. Peter and St. Paul are said to have suffered martyrdom at Rome to
wards the latter end of Nero's reign.

This year Jerusalem (according to Christ's prophecy) is besieged, taken,
sacked, and burat, by Titus, 1,100,000 of the Jews perish, 97,000 are taken
prisoners; besides an innumerable company that in other places of Judea
kill themselves, or perish through famine, banishment, or other miseries.
St. John is banished into the isle of Patmos by Domitian, and there re-
ceives and writes his Revelation.

After the death of Domitian St. John returns to Ephesus, and at the
request of the Church writes his Gospel.

END OF THE INDEX.

JUDEA, PALESTINE, OR THE HOLY LAND.

PALESTINE is bounded on the north, by mount Libanus, or Lebanon, which separates it from between mount Ebal on the north, and Gerizim on the south. At a small distance from Naplosa, is

that part of Syria, anciently called Phoenicia; on the east by mount Hermon, which divides it
from Arabia Deserta; on the south by Arabia Petrea; and on the west by the Mediterranean sea,
or sea of Syria.

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This country received the name of Palestine from the Philistines, who dwelt on the seacoast:
it was called Judea, from Judah and it is termed the Holy Land, being the country where Jesus
Christ was born, preached his holy doctrines, confirmed them by miracles, and laid down his life
for mankind. Palestine is about one hundred and eighty-five miles in length, and generally eighty
in breadth; it is situated between 31° and 33° 40' north latitude.
The climate of Palestine is, during a great part of the year, very hot. The easterly winds are
usually dry, though they are sometimes tempestuous; and those which are westerly, are attended
with rain. The heat here might be expected to be excessive; yet mount Libanus, from its uncom-
mon height, is covered all the winter with snow.

season.

The first rains, as they are called, generally fall about the beginning of November; and the latter
rains, in the mouth of April. In the country round Jerusalem, if a moderate quantity of snow falls
in the beginning of February, and the brooks soon after overflow their banks, it is thought to
forebode a fruitful year; and the inhabitants make rejoicings upon this occasion, as the Egyp-
tians do with respect to the Nile: this country is seldom refreshed with rain during the summer
The rocks of Judea are, in many places, covered with a soft chalky substance, in which is en-
closed a great variety of shells and corals. The greatest part of the mountains of Carmel, and
those of Jerusalem and Bethlehem, are overspread with a white chalky stratum. In mount Carmel,
are gathered many stones, which, being in the form of olives, melons, peaches, and other fruit,
are imposed upon pilgrims, not only as those fruits petrified, but as antidotes against several
diseases.
With respect to the rivers of the country, the Jordan, called by the Arabs Sceriah, is not only the
most considerable, but, next to the Nile, is the largest, either in the Levant or in Barbary. It has
its source at the bottom of mount Libanus or Lebanon, and is formed from the waters of two fount-
aius, which are about a mile distant from each other. One of them lies to the east, and is called
Jor; the other, which is exposed to the south, is named Dan. The confluence of the two streams
is found near the ancient city of Cesarea Philippi, which is at present only a village, and called
Beline. The river takes a course between the E. and S. and after running seven miles, falls into
the lake Samochon or Mathon, at present called Huletpanias, about six miles in length, from north
to south, and nearly four in breadth, from east to west. The Jordan issues from this lake, and
flows through a great plain, passing under a stone bridge called Jacob's bridge, consisting of three
arches well constructed. The river then continues its course as far as the lake of Tiberias, near the
ancient cities of Chorazin and Capernaum, where it mixes with its waters. When it issues from
this lake, which is about eighteen miles in length, and eight in breadth, it takes the name of Jordan
major, dividing Perea from Samaria, the plains of the Moabites from Judea, and receiving the
waters of the Dibon, the Jazer, the Jacob, and the Carith; after being augmented by these stroams,
in a course of sixty-five miles from the lake of Tiberias, or sea of Galilee, it discharges itself into
the Dead sea. The Jordan, in the rainy seasons, overflows its banks, to the distance of more than
four miles; and on account of the inequality of the ground, forms two or three channels. Its cur-
rent is extremely rapid, and the water always muddy: but when taken from the river, and put into
any kind of vessel, it very soon clarifies, and is sweet.
The Dead sea is a name of modern date; the ancients called it the lake of Asphaltites, the sea of
Sodom, the Salt sea, the lake of Sirbon; the Arabs name it Bahheret-Lut: that is, the sea of Lot.
It is about fifty miles in length, and ten in breadth. The lofty mountains of the country of the
Moabites are on the eastern side, and discharge into it the waters of Arnon and the Jaret. On the
west and south it is bounded by very high mountains also. It is likewise on the west that the brook
Cedron, which rises at Jerusalem, empties into this sea.

Jacob's well, famous for Christ's conference with the woman of Samaria.

Jerusalem is encompassed with hills, so that the city seems as if situated in an amphitheatre
there are few remains of the city, as it appeared in Christ's time; the situation being changed; for
mount Sion, the highest part of ancient Jerusalem, is almost excluded: whils the places adjoining
to mount Calvary are nearly in the centre. This city, which is about three miles in circumference,
is situated on a rocky mountain, on all sides of which are steep ascents, except toward the north.
The walls are not strong, nor have they any bastions. The city has six gates. There are supposed
to be about twelve or fourteen thousand inhabitants in Jerusalem.

Jasa, the ancient Joppa, is the port where the pilgrims disembark. They generally arrive in
November, and repair without delay to Jerusalem.

Bethlehem, also called Ephrata, and the city of David, is famous for being the birth-place of
Christ. It is about two miles to the 8. E. of Jerusalem, on the ridge of a hill; at present only an
inconsiderable place.

Raha, the ancient Jericho, is eighteen miles N. E. of Jerusalem, situated in a plain six or seven
leagues long, by three wide, surrounded by a number of barren mountains.

Habroun, or Hebron, is twenty-four miles S. of Bethlehem. The Arabs call it El-Kahil, the
well-beloved. It is situated at the foot of an eminence, on which are some remains of an ancient
castle.
Nazareth, now only a small village, is on the top of a high hill.

Cana of Galilee, otherwise called Cana Minor, celebrated for the miracle wrought by Christ, of
changing the water into wine, is nothing more than a small village, with very few inhabitants.
Sidon, called by the Turks Sayd, is situated on the seacoast. It was anciently a place of great
strength, and had a very extensive commerce. Though it is still populous, and a place of consider-
able trade, it has fallen from its ancient grandeur. Its exports consist in silks, with raw and spun
cotton; the manufacturing of which employs most of the inhabitants, amounting to about five
thousand. The city is defended by an old castle, built in the sea.

Tyre, called by the Turks Sour, is about twenty miles to the south of Sidon. It was once
very celebrated for its purple, called the Tyrian dye, produced from a shell-fish. This city
was, in ancient times, the centre of an immense commerce and navigation, and the nurse of
arts and sciences. The ancient city stood, originally, on an island, joined to the main land by
a mole; the remains of which appear at present. It has two harbours; that on the north side
is very good; but the other is choked up with ruins. The present inhabitants are only a few poor
fishermen, who live in vaults and caves.
Cesarca was at first called Strabo's Tower; and was the capital of Palestine. This city was
divided into two parts by a little hill, whereon was erected a temple dedicated to Cesar.
Jericho is situated in a large plain about twenty miles long, and ten broad, bounded by a
variety of mountains on the south-west, the west, and north; it is at present inhabited by a few
miserable Arabs.
The Mount of Forty Days, is situated on the north side of the plain of Jericho: the summit is
covered neither with shrubs, trees, nor earth, but consists of a solid mass of white marble: it is
very difficult and dangerous to ascend, the path leading by a winding course, between two dis-
mal abysses. This mountain is one of the highest in the province, and one of its most sacred
places. It takes its name from the rigorous fast which Christ observed here. From this mount
may be seen the hills of Arabia, the country of Gilead, the country of the Ammonites, the plains
of Moab, and that of Jericho, the river Jordan, and the whole extent of the Dead sea. Oppe-
site to Jericho, beyond Jordan, rises Mount Nebo.

Mount Carmel, on the south side of the bay of Acre, projects at one part into the sea, forming
a great promontory, called the point of Carmel. There are a number of grottos, gardens, and
convents, on this mount; as also many cisterns for receiving the rain water. On this morntain
was a fortress called Ecbatane.

We are informed that this vast lake was covered formerly with fruit trees and abundant crops, Mount Tabor is most delightfully situated, rising amidst the plains of Galilee, distant about
and that from the bosom of the earth, now buried under its waters, arose the superb cities of So- twelve miles from the city of Tiberias; it is distinguished by different names, as Itabyrion, Tabu-
dom, Gomorrah, Admah, Zeboiim, and Segor. No plants of any kind grow in this lake. Therium, and by the Arabs Gibel-el-Tor. It is in appearance like a sugar-loaf, and is covered from
bottom of it is black, thick, and foetid. Branches of trees which fall therein become petrified in a the top to the bottom with small trees.
ittle time. The Dead sea produces a kind of bitumen, which may be found floating on the surface, Palestine, which comprehends the ancient country of Canaan, and was occupied by nine tribes
like large lumps of earth. This bitumen is a sulphurous substance, mixed with salt; it is as brittle of Israel, has experienced many and severe revolutions; the extreme fertility of the country,
as black pitch, is combustible, and exhales, while burning, a strong and penetrating sinell. The and its many advantages and happy situation, induced the neighbouring and powerful kingdoms
ancient Arabs used it for smearing and embalming their dead, to preserve them from perishing. to attempt its subjection; most of them succeeded in reducing to obedience and slavery the peacea
The mountains near this sea produce a kind of black stone, which, when polished, has a beautiful ble inhabitants: the Persians, Saracens, Syrians, and Romans, have alternately been masters for a
lustre.
time, and then obliged to yield to superior force: they treated the conquered with the utmost bar.
Acra, or Acre, (now called St. John de Acre, and which the Arabs call Accho, or Akka,) is one barity, and committed the greatest devastation and slaughter; not even sparing old or young
of the places from which the Israelites could not expel the ancient Canaanites, and was formerly women, or helpless children. Thus it continued changing its ferocious inasters, until, in the
reckoned among the ancient cities of Phoenicia. It is also known by the nanie of Ptolemais. The twelfth century, the Turks, taking Cesarea, the whole country fell into their possession; and has
situation is advantageous: on the north and east, it is encompassed by a fertile plain; on the west continued under their power ever since. The innumerable scenes of blood and desolation ex
it is washed by the Mediterranean; and on the south by a large bay, which extends from the city hibited in this country, have changed it from that happy, fruitful and prosperous state, so beauti-
as far as mount Carmel. It contains little more than a few cottages, and heaps of ruins. The fully described in Deuteronomy, to an almost uninhabited desert, and heap of ruins; few traces of
residence of the bashaw of the province is at this place.
its ancient splendour remain; and confusion and doubt hang over all the researches of the inquirer.
To the south of Acre, is Sebasta, the ancient Samaria, the capital of the ten tribes after their The present masters exercise unlimited and tyrannical authority over their slaves, in Pales-
revolt from the house of David. It is seated on a long mount, whigh rises in a fruitful valley, and tine, keeping the miserable inhabitants in the utmost subjection; governing them by Caliphs
is now converted into gardens.
and Bashaws, with rods of iron; and holding them in the most deplorable ignorance and
superstition.
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A little farther to the south is Naploss, the ancient Sychem, which stands in a narrow valley,

TABLES OF SCRIPTURE MEASURES, WEIGHTS, AND COINS :

WITH AN APPENDIX,

ODNTAINING THE METHOD OF CALCULATING ITS MEASURES OF SURFACE, HITHERTO WANTING IN TREATISES ON THIS SUBJECT
By the Right Reverend RICHARD Lord Bishop of Peterborough.

A

IV. TABLE. Of Weights and Coins.

Grains of our Troy Weight; whereof 438 are
equal to the Roman ounce, and to our ancient
The Jewish Weights are reduced to the Standard
English Avoirdupois ounce.

MEASURE is a known quantity applied to another of the same kind that is less known, to make its dimensions better known, by help of numbers expressing the proportion that the Boown quantity bears to the unknown. The dimensions to be measured are three: 1. Mere length, which hath but one dimension. 2. Surface, which consists of longth multiplied into breadth; so it bath two dimensions, as it wore interwoven; and this is always measured by some square surface already known, as by a square foot, or a square cubit, or any other square already known, by help of its side. Moses generally useth the square cubit. 3. Solidity or capacity, which hath three Gerah Tg of Bekah dimensions multiplied into each other: length, breadth, and height, or depth. This is measured by a known cube. From solidity ariseth weight in all sublunary bodies; and by weight we measure the value of coins. Therefore I shall join weights and coins together in the fourth table. ( use to signify Equal; :: to exprese Proportion; is called Separatrix, parting Decimals from Manch 100 Shekol wt.

.

Integers.

I. TABLE. Measures of Length.

Bekah
Shekel is the original weight.

a Shekel

Manch in Coin

60 Sh.
Talent of Silver 3000 Sh.
Talent of Gold the same Weight

Coins, at the present rate of Site: w expressed in Pence and Decimala tf 1!. Grains. Dec. Pance. Dec. & è i The value of Jewish and Remen Wert -28.2575 = 2-4 ́- 14347-1-8

-219-
-109.5

-1.41437-HI

Pence. Dec. - 1697.95-1

657000842025 - 351-11-1

-= 5075-12Li

10.95

-21900
-13140

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f express the Cubit, and its Parts, both by Inch Measure, and by Foot Measure; which I deducc from Inches by this Proportion:

Inch. Mons. Foot Meas.
1.824
As 12. 1.:: 21.888

Inch. Dec. Foot Dec.
21.888-1.824

- 10.944- 912

The Golden Daries, Ezra ii. 60. seem to be Coins of Darius
the Mede. They weighed 12 Gorahs.

= 131.4 1

13
Span the less of a Cubit

A Hand's breadth of a Cubit

of a Cubit

A Finger's breadth -
Feet Dec.
Measures of many Cubits Length I express only in Foot Measure.

7.296

10.944

Cubits. 50-145.92.

- 4 Cubits 6 Cubits Sekanus, the Egyptian Line for Land Measure, which I think Scripture useth to divide Inheritances. Psalm xvi. 6. and Ixxviti. 55. They used difereut Lengths, but the shortest and most useful was, Herodotus mentions a Schanus just 300 times as long: I judge that all the greater were made in brandth make rome difficulty to beginners in Arithmetic, which the Decimal way dath mu

1. The Altar of Incense. Only two sides of it, víz. its length and breadth, are expressed by Broses; each of them is affirined to be one Cubit. Yet he dociares it was foursquare: whenes wre collect, that it was just one square Cubit. See. Erod. xxx. 2. Now it is demonstrated in the Appendix, that one Jewish square Cubit amounts to in surface three English square Feet, and about 47 square Inches. II. The Table of Show-bread, Exod. xxv. 23. It is affirmed to be two Cubits in length, and one in breadth. None doubt but it was rectangular, containing two Jewish munre Cubits. These amount to six English square Feet, and above half, viz. 94 square Inches. III. The Boards of the Tabernacle, each 10 Cubits in length, and one and a half in breadth, Exod. xxvi. 16. being rectangular, inust contain 15 squara Cubits, Jewish. These are proved to contain very near 50 square Feet of English Measure.

The more difficult cases reserved to the Appendix ure,

1. The Mercy-seat, whose surface is 12 square Feet and a half.

1. The Mercy Seat.-I shall begin with Reduction of the Measures of the Marcy Seal," was God's throne of Grace among the Jews. Moses in Exod. xxv. 17. affirms, that its lear two Cubits and a half, its breadth one Cubit and a half. The fractions adhering to slee

Supposing therefore, what I here elsewhere proved, that the Jewish Cubit was in Fact 1.624; the length must be expressed in Foot measure, and Decimals thereof, 4.580. The les in like mensure will be 2.736. Wherefore the product of these numbers multiplied into each gives its surface 12.47,016: in number of its square Feet, and Decimals thereof, 12 squam and very near half a square Foot; if the Decimals had been .50, it had been just half à Fou we desire to express those Decimals of a Foot in square Inches, as is usual in Englend multiply .47,616 by 144, the square Inchos of a Foot, and the product will be 65,3 shows that the Decimals we found amount to 68 square Inches, and about half an isch mar need not be nicer.

2. 4 square Cubit reduced to our Measure.-2. In the Altar of Incense Moses desca Jewish square Cubit, which must be reduced to our Foot measure, thus,. The p these numbers multiplied will be the upper surface of this Altar, 3.326,976, that is, three Feet, and 326,976 Decimals of a square Foot, which we may express by 47 square Inche few Decimals of an Inch square inconsiderable.

3. The Boards of the Tabernacle.-3. Moses's description of the Boards of the Talm ceru in each Board's surface 15 Jewish aquare Cubits; because if we conceive a fine dv the end of one Cubit at the bottom of the Board to the end of one Cubit at the top of the la Exod. xxvi. 16. by 10 Cubits in length, and one and a half in breadth, naturally leads a into English square Feet is performed by multiplying 15, viz. the number of Cubits go o this must needs he 10 whole square Cubits on one side of that line, and 10 kalf square C whole) on the other side of that line: here therefore are 15 square Cubits. The reduction more than 13 square Inches would make it just 50 Feet, which abatement we need not be 3.326,976 the Fret and Decimals of one square Cubit, and the product will be 40.99,413 4. The Court of the Tabernacle.-4. Let us now go to the measure of the surface of land. i is very near to fifty square Feet; for those Decimals amount to above 130 square Inches: will begin with the Court of the Tabernacle, the ground on which the Priests performed: solemn public worship of Israel in Moses's time. The Area of this Court is described Aren must be in Jewish measure 5000 square Cubits, for that is the product of Hom into 50. To reduce these 5000 Jewish Cubits into English square Feet, I must multipo 5. Exod. xxx. 18. by its length 100 Cubits, and its breadth every where 50 Cubits. Whene 3.326.976, the product is 16,634.88 English àquare Feet.

II. A general method is taught of reducing any given number of Jewish Cubits to English square Feet. III. The example of the 15 square Cubits in the Boards of the Tabernacle is made clearer. IV. The Court of the Tabernacle, described Exod. xxvii. 18. is found to be just half the Egyption Aroura, and to contain 1 Rood, 21 Perches, 27 square Feet, &c. V. The whole Aroura is determined, and reduced to our English Measures, 3 Roods, 2 Perches, 55 square Feet. VI. The suburbs, or Globe Land, given to each city of the Levites, Numb. xxxv, 3, 4, 5. is showed to be a square, on each of the four sides of every city, containing a nion of Jewish square Cubits, or 100 droure; which amount to in each square 76 Acres, 1 Rood, arches, 80 square Feet. Whence we collect, that all the four Squares amounted to 305 Aeras, 2 Rooms, 1 Perch, be-six places, which is exact enough, I find the quote to be 1.597,537, which assures me that y sides 51 Feet square.

But in cases of such long numbers of Feet we use for brevity's sake, and to help er Perch contains 7724 square Feet. A Rood in to 10,890 square Feet. An Acre is to to reduce them juto Perches, or Roods, or Aeres, which contain known numbers of sele Feat. It is plain that the number 16,634,88 hath not Integers equal to those of an Acre, enough to answer those in a Rood, and some overplus, therefore I must divide 16,6348 (5 16,634.98 bath but once entirely in it a whole Rood: but it hath moreover in it many De which is a Rood. By such division continued in the Decimal way, until I have a fractio a Rood. These therefore I reduce to the Perches contained in them, by multiplying the which is the number of Perches that make up a Rood: and cutting off six places from t which is 1.101,400; so I find there are 31 Perches entire, and the figures after the Spr Decimals of a Perch. These also I multiply by 272.25, which are the square Feet and Porch. The product of this last multiplication, after eight places cut off from it trix, because there were six places of Decimals in one of the multipliers, and we it!. 27.62,793,000. Hence I learn that there are therein but 27 entire Feet, all the eight her amount to little above half a Foot, and therefore I cast them away as inconsiderable prez of land, This method of reduction by multiplication of Decimals I find to be easier tant mon way of redaction by division, and therefore I propose it to be used by beginec a of surveying. So I find this Court to contain in English measure 1 Rood, 21 Perches. I fel little more than half a Foot squared. But reflecting upon Moses's measure by Cubits, 19 them to be precisely 5000 square Cubite, I observed that they were just half 10,099, 972 observed from Herodotus's Euterpe to be the Area of the Egyptian Aroura, by we was as generally measured, as ours is by Acres and Roods. See Herodot. 1.2. c. 10 1 to mind a passage in Manetko an Egyptian Priest, cited by Josephus in his first book where he affirms, that Merethe in his history of the reign, wars, and expelios, (whom 4fricanus affirms to be Phamicians or Canaanites, and Josephus vainly ** Jewe,) wrote out of the public Records of Egypt, that these Pastors made at ris also, that had welt among them, and had reigned there during and strong encampment, that encompassed 10,000 Aroura, sufficient to contain long to maintain their cattle. Hence it appears, that not only the Egyptians, but

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the word suburbs. For Moses plainly talis us they were places for their several sorts of castie te feed in, such as might also be orchards or gardens for fruits, or perhaps for a little corn, comprohondad in the words, their goods. These fields he limits by 1000 Cubits, which was just a quarter of an eastern mile, but amounts in mere length to 608 yards English measure, and therefore oxceeds a quarter of an English mile by 168 yards in length. But it is certain that cattle cannot feed upor mere length, but this must signify the side of some surface of land bounded thereby, and we must have two sides of that surface given, before we can find the Area, or surface contained. There fore Muses, ver 5 tolls us, that on each side of each city they must measure 2000 Cubits, which will determine no surface, unless we understand it to mean the two sides of a square, bounded ou every aide by 1000 Cubits; there two sides multiplied into each other will produce a square tha contain just a million of equare Cubits, and that is a known and exact measure of just 100' Aroure and this shows that the 2000 Cubits mentioned ver. 5, are the two sides of that square, wherea the 1000 mentioned ver, 4, is one, and may be called the root of the square. This shows ta agreement of the two different numbers. The reduction of this million of square Cubite wie d Cubits by 1824 English Fect, without any Separatrix according to the principles owned in Desi mal Arithmetic; and the square of that number will be 3,326,976, without a Separatrix. Secondly I divide this number by 43,500, which are the square Feet, of an Acre, and find the quote to be fo 376.859, which signify 76 entire Acres, and 376,250 Decimals of an Aere. Thirdly, to find what Roods are contained in these Decimals, I multiply them by four, the number of Roods in an Aero and find the quote to be 1.307,456, which proves that there is but one Rood in them, and the six figures cut off by the Separatrix (because there were six Decimals in one of the multipliers) are all Decimals of a rood. Fourthly, therefore, to find what Perches are in those last Decimals, I multiply them by 40, which is the number of Porches contained in a Rood. The product is 20297,440; hereby I find there are 20 entire Perches, besides the Decimals of a Perch placed after the Separutrix. Fifthly, to find what square Feet are in those last Decimals, I multiply them by 272.25, which are the square Feet and Decimals in a Porchi, the product is 80.97,804. which is 80 square Feet, and all the Decimals not amounting to a square Foot, I reject as inconsiderable in measure of land. Thus we have found that this and every other square on each side of every Levitical City, was prescribed to be 76 Acres 1 Rood, 20 Perches, 80 square Feet in our measure, but was just a million of square cubits in their measure.

kings successively, used this measure of land called Aroure. Now this was long before Moses's time: for the beginning of Amosis or T'ethnosis, who expelled them out of Egypt, was very near the time of 4raham's death, as appears by the annals of the learned Primate of Ireland. Where, fore I believe that Moses, who was skilled in all Egyptian learning, especially surveying, did of choice make the Court of the Tabernacle to be just half an Aroura, which was a known casure to him and his people, who had long dwelt in Egypt, and Divine Authority directed hina so to do. 5.he Reduction of an Aroure to English measures.-5. Because we have shewn from Herodotus, that an Aroura is the square of 100 Jewish or Egyptian Cubits, and 100 such Cubits, may in Engash Foot measure be expressed by 182.4 English Fect, it follows, that the square of this number will express exactly the number of the English square Feet that are contained in an Arour Now by multiplication of 182.4 into itself, I find the product to be 33,269.76: Therefore I conclude that there are 33,209 square Feet entire, and .76 Decimals of a square Foot, in an Aroura. Now to reduce these English square Feet into Roods, Perches, and the remainder of square Foet, I use the method used in the last paragraph: First, I divide them by 10,890, the square Feet in a Rood; and the quote I find 3.055,074, that is 8 Roods, and .055,074 Decimals of a Rood. Secondly, I multi-performed by the same method that I have used before. Therefore, first, I express 1000 Jewis ply those Decimals by 40, which is the number of Perches in a Rood, the product is 2.202,960. Hence I couclude there are therein two Perches, and .202,960 Decimals of a Perch. Thirdly, I multiply these last Decimals by 272.25, which are the square Foot of a Perch. The product is 55.55,56,000, that is 55 entire square Feet; the eight places of Decimals amount to little above 1-4 of a square Foot, therefore I reject them as inconsiderable in measure of land. By all these reductions, it is found, that an roura is in English measure three Roods, two Perches, 55 1-4 Square Feet Hence it follows also that it is not well translated by Jugerum, for it is much larger; nor is it well in English called an Acre, for it is considerably less. To this place I refer the use of the lesser sort of xoivos, which yet is most convenient for the use of the Egyptians, and of the Jews, to measure out private men's inheritances by a line which was 80 Cubits long. For the length of this line will measure one side of an Aroura, if the other side be 125 Cubits long, which is the length of this line, and its half, and 5 Cubits above half of it, which they might easily mark on it by a knot or a ring. And by this means they might easily lay any number of Arousa togethor, all of them rectangular and parallel to each other. Such lines I suppose for measure of iaberitances are intimated, Psalm lxxviii. 55. and xvi. 6, &c. 6. The Levites' Glebe.-6. I shall conclude with an example amounting after reduction to a numbor of English Acres, which measure we have not yet reached to. This I take from Numb, xXXV. 3, 4, 5, verses. There Moses describes what measure of land the Levites were to be allowed for their eattle, their goods, and all their beasts, on the north, east, south, and west sides of each of their cities. So that the city was to be in the midst of the land belonging to it. This land in our translation is called suburbs, because of its nearness to all their cities. But we must not thence imagine that it means houses and streets adjoining to their citios, in which sense we sometimes use

To add, the four squares belonging to one Levitical City together, the best way will be to take the first quote that we found in Aere measure, viz. 76.376,859, and we mast multiply it by four, and we shall find, by the method I have used, all the four squares together to amount to 305 Acres, 2 Roods, 1 Perch; we need not take notice of any lessor quantities in this case. We may also by this method find the sum of the Acres belonging to all the 48 cities of the Levites, and many other improvements in this kind of measuring surfaces. But I leave them to the industry of others.

A TABLE OF KINDRED AND AFFINITY:

WHEREIN WHOSOEVER ARE RELATED, ARE FORBIDDEN IN SCRIPTUre, and our LAWS, TO MARRY TOGETHER.

FOGETHER WITH THE MEANING OR SIGNIFICATION OF THE WORDS IN THEIR ORIGINAL LANGUAGEM.

AB

AARON, a teacher, or lofty
Abaddon, the destroyer
Abagthe, father of the wine-press
Abuna, inade of stone, a buikling
Abarim, passages, or passengers
Abda, a servant, or servitude
Abdcel, a vapour, a cloud of God
Abdi, he is my servant
Abiliel, the servant of God

Abdou, a servant or cloud of judgment
Abad-nego, a servant of light
Abel, vanity, breath, vapour
Abel, (a city) mourning
Abel-beth-manchah, mourning to tac
house of Maachah
Abel-maim, mourning of waters
Abel-maholali, inourning of sickness
Abel-mizraim, the mourning of the
Egyptians

Abei-shittim, mourning of thorns
Aboz, an egg, or muddy

Abi, my father

Abiah, the Lord is my father
Abi-albon, most intelligent father
Abiathar, excellent father

Abib, greca fruits or cars of coru
Abidah the father of knowledge
Abidan, the father of judgment
Abiel, God may father
Abiezer, father of help
Abigail, the father's joy
Abihail, the father of strength
Abinu, he is my father
Abijab, the Lord is my father
Abijam, father of the sea
Abilene, the father of mourning
Abimael, a father sent from God
Abimelech, father of the king
Abinadab, father of willingness
Abinoam, father of beauty

Absalom, father of peace
Accad, a vessel, a pitcher, or sparkle
Accho, closa pressed together
Aceldama, the field of blood
Achaia, grief or trouble
Achaieus, a native of Achaia
Achan, or Achar, he that troubleth
Achbor, a rat
Achim, preparing, or revenging
Achish, thus it is, or how is this?
Achor, trouble

Achsah, adorned, bursting the vail
Achshaph, poison, tricks

Achzib, liar, lying, or that runs
Adadah, the witness of the assembly
Adah, an assembly

Adaiah, the witness of the Lord
Adaliah, one that draws water
Adam, earthy man, red
Adamah, red earth, or of blood
Adami, ny man, red, earthy, human
Adar, high or eminent

Addi, my witness, adorned, prey
Addon, basis, foundation, the Lord
Adiel, the witness of the Lord
Adin, adorned, voluptuous, dainty

Adoram, their beauty, their power
Adoraim, strength of the sea
Adrainmalech, the cloak, glory, gran-
dear, or power of the king
Adramyttium, the court of death
Adullam, their testimony, their prey,
or their ornament
Agabus, a locust, feast of the father
Agag, roof, floor
Agar, See Hagar

Agrippa, one who causes great pain at

his birth

Agur, stranger, gathered together
Ahab, uncle, or father's brother
Ahasuerus, prince, head, or chief
Ahava, essence or generation
Ahaz, one that takes and possesses
Ahaziah, seizure, vision of the Lord
Ahiah, brother of the Lord
Ahiezer, brother of assistance
Ahijah, the same with Ahiah
Ahikam, a brother who raises up
Ahilud, a brother born

Abimanz, brother of the council
Ahiman, brother of the right hand
Ahimelech, my brother is a king
Abimoth, brother of death

AM

Ahinoam, the beauty of the brother,,

or brother of motion

Ahio, his brother, his brethren
Akira, brother of iniquity, or brother
of the shepherd
Alisamach, brother of strength
Ahishar, brother of a prince, or bro-
ther of a song
Ahitkopirel, brother of ruin or folly
Ahitub, brother of goodness
Ahihud, brother of praise
Ahlab, which is of milk, or of fat
Aholah, his tabernacle, his tent
Aholiah, the tent or tabernacle of the
father

Aholibah, my tent and may tabernasle
in her

Ahohibawah, my tabernacle is oxalted
Ai, or Hai, mass or heap
Aiath, the same as Ai
Ajalon, a chain, strength, n stag
Alammelech, God is king
Alexander, one who assista men
Alleluia, praise the Lord
Allyn, an oak, or strong
Allon-bachuth, the oak of weeping
Almodad, measure of God
Alpheus, a thousand, learned, chief
Amalek, a people that Roks up
Amana, integrity and truth
Amariah, the Lord says, or the excel-
leney of the Lord
Amasa, sparing the people
Amaziah, the strength of the Lord
Ammah, my people
Ammi, the same with Amamah
Ammi-nadab, my people is liberal
Ammihud, people of praire
Ammishaddai, the people of the
mighty, the Almighty is with me

AR

Amaon, a people, son of my people
Amnon, faithful and true, or tutor
Amon, faithful, true
Amorite, bittor, a rebel, a babbler
Amos, loading, weighty
Amoz, strong, robust
Amplias, large, extensive
Amram, an exalted people, the
sheaves, or handfuls of corn.
Anuraphel, one that speaks of secrets
Anah, one who answers, or afflicted
Anak, a collar, or ornament
Ananmelech, answer, song of the king
and council

Ananias, the cloud of the Lord
Anathoth, answer, song, or poverty
Andrew, a stout and strong man
Andronicus, a man excelling othors
Aner, answer, song, affliction
Anna, gracious, or one who gives
Annas, one who answers, humble
Antichrist, an adversary to Christ
Antioch, speedy as a chariot
Antipes, for all, or against all
Antipatris, for, or against the father
Apelles, exelusion, separation
Aphok, a stream, a rapid torrent
Apollonia, perdition, destruction
Appollos, who destroys, or wastes
Apollyon, one who externnates
Apphia, productive, fruitf
Aquila, an engi

Ar, awaking or uncovering
Arabia, evening, wild and desert
Aram, highness, magnificenes, er ans
that deceives, or their curso
Araret, the curse of trembilag
Araunah, ark, aong, joyful erg
Al-Arba, city of the four

Archelaus, the prince of the page