THE

LAWS AND POLITY

OF

THE JEWS.

With Numerous Ellustrative Engravings.

LONDON:

THE RELIGIOUS TRACT SOCIETY;

Instituted 1799.

SOLD AT THE DEPOSITORY,

56, PATERNOSTER ROW, AND 65, ST. PAUL'S CHURCHYARD;

AND BY THE BOOKSELLERS.

1848.

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The first, second, third, and fourth commandments

CHAPTER VII.

Duties to fellow-creatures; or, the fifth, sixth, and seventh

commandments

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CHAPTER VIII.

Offences against property; or, the eighth, ninth, and tenth

commandments

CHAPTER IX.

Laws for the priests and the prophets

PART II.-THE POLITY OF THE JEWS.

CHAPTER X.

Introductory remarks

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THE attentive reader of the historical books of the Bible must perceive that they differ widely from the common histories of nations. They not only record the events which befell the Jews, with a minuteness and fidelity very different from the early records of other nations, but they give details and particulars,

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