. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Fountain of the Lions.] the regulations of David, which ever after continued in force,—this is the proper place to takesome notice of these rules. Some alterations in previous arrangements would have been veryproper even without reference to the temple ; for the numbers of the Levites had so increased,and their labours in the Land of Promise had become so light, that it could not be easy for allof them to find occupation in their proper duties. As a preliminary measure, David had caused the tribe
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. [Fountain of the Lions.] the regulations of David, which ever after continued in force,—this is the proper place to takesome notice of these rules. Some alterations in previous arrangements would have been veryproper even without reference to the temple ; for the numbers of the Levites had so increased,and their labours in the Land of Promise had become so light, that it could not be easy for allof them to find occupation in their proper duties. As a preliminary measure, David had caused the tribe of Levi to be numbered, and it wasfound to contain 38,000 males above thirty years of age. It seems that he designed theirservices to commence at that age when he ordered the census to be taken; but afterwards sawoccasion to ordain that at least their easier services should commence at twenty. Of the38,000, David directed that 24,000 should be assigned as assistants to the priests in theservice of the temple—not, of course, all at once, but in alternate weekly courses of 1000each. Of the
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