them in poffeffion of peace and enjoyment, when, after the divifion of the Lands, every one was directed to farm his own Eftate, prune his own Vine and plough his field. The reward held out to the Jew was a quiet life, a peaceful fitting under his Vine and his Fig-tree, neither gold, nor filver, nor ftately houses were promised him, but the former and the latter rain, plentiful feafons, corn, wine and oil, increase of Cattle, and a multitude of Children.

All Spectacles, Places of diverfion, and Theatrical representations were forbad the Jew, and every fpecies of Gaming. No gain was lawful that depended on chance. Their Convocations and folemn Feftivals were their grand amufement, fuch were frequently occuring, and most magnificently kept; at thefe Feafts, befides eating and drinking, the bands of Jewish Mufic elegantly played, and the voices all ftruck

ring lights, like a rifing Sun, ufhered out from his chamber with his friends.

After Marriage the Jew had one year allowed him to live at home, he was ever afterwards liable to be fummoned to the field, to repair to the place of general rendezvous, and bring a month's Provifion with him; every Tribe was a little Common-wealth within itself, and the whole People of Ifrael, may be looked upon, as a body of Militia, trained up in War, and in time of Peace, employed in Agriculture.

After it became a Monarchy, the King afually was his own General, headed his Army, and his firft Officer was filed, his Commander in Chief, then the Princes or Chiefs of the Tribes, Captains of thoufands, Captains of hundreds, of fifties, of tens and of threes, and the Muster-mafters were called Scribes.

Mofes had trained up his People to Arms, but it was intended only to put them

them in poffeffion of peace and enjoyment, when, after the divifion of the Lands, every one was directed to farm his own Eftate, prune his own Vine and plough his field. The reward held out to the Jew was a quiet life, a peaceful fitting under his Vine and his Fig-tree, neither gold, nor filver, nor ftately houses were promised him, but the former and the latter rain, plentiful feasons, corn, wine and oil, increase of Cattle, and a multitude of Children.

All Spectacles, Places of diverfion, and Theatrical representations were forbad the Jew, and every fpecies of Gaming. No gain was lawful that depended on chance. Their Convocations and folemn Feftivals were their grand amusement, fuch were frequently occuring, and most magnificently kept; at thefe Feafts, befides eating and drinking, the bands of Jewish Music elegantly played, and the voices all ftruck

up harmonious, and detached parties were leading the dance in high festivity and joy.

A Vintage Feaft, Harvest and Sheephearing Feafts, were perpetually in family rotation. Except on these seasons of merriment and hofpitality, the ordinary diet of the Jew, was fimple and plain. Pulfe a (fort of Potatoe), parched corn, bread dipped in vinegar, raisons, figs, milk, honey and fome flesh, the firft and most dainty treat, was a fatted calf.

The High-Prieft was the Title nearest allied to royalty; Splendid Titles were unknown among them, Recorder, Treafurer, Counsellor, Judge, General-Officers, but the more ufual were Chiefs and Elders and Scribes.

The Prophets and Propheteffes were venerated, almost all of them God-like and most exalted characters, looked up to, as the established

eftablished Oracles of their Country, awful and highly important Meffengers, and confulted on all emergencies.

Seasons of mourning, were expreffive of real grief, and fore diftrefs. They began with tearing ther cloaths to pieces, uncovering their heads, fmiting their breafts, plucking off their hair, putting afhes on their heads, walking bare-foot, wearing fack-cloath next the fkin, and lying on the bare ground. Immediately on a perfon's death, all his relations in this mournful plight repaired to the house, fat themfelves down on the ground in profound. filence, nothing was heard but fighs, and a funeral ditty, piped on fome instrument by the Undertaker and his Men. They had witneffed the Ceremony of Embalment in Egypt, and it was practised among the rich, but a poor man's body was only washed. The Mourners never left the houfe, until the corpfe was buried, and

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