. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. hat the Hebrews, in430 years, might have increased from seventypersons to 977,280 males above twenty yearsold. He supposes that of those seventy per-sons who went down to Egypt, only forty re-mained alive after a space of twenty years,each one of whom had two sons. In like man-ner, at the close of every succeeding period oftwenty years, he supposes one-fourth part ofthose who were alive at the commencement ofthat period to have died. Hence arises the fol-lowing geometrical progression. After twenty
. The pictorial history of Palestine and the Holy land including a complete history of the Jews. hat the Hebrews, in430 years, might have increased from seventypersons to 977,280 males above twenty yearsold. He supposes that of those seventy per-sons who went down to Egypt, only forty re-mained alive after a space of twenty years,each one of whom had two sons. In like man-ner, at the close of every succeeding period oftwenty years, he supposes one-fourth part ofthose who were alive at the commencement ofthat period to have died. Hence arises the fol-lowing geometrical progression. After twenty years, of the seventy there are forty living, each having two sons:— Consequently rr: 80 80 f = 140 120 f = 180 180 I — 270 and so on. Thus the first term of the progression is 80 = a The denominator | = i The number of terms ^,^ ?=? n Therefore the expression of the whole sum will be a h — a 6-1 Or- 80 X I ^ - 80 80 X 6109 — 80 = 977,280 The date to which the history has now reached isOf the world .Before Christ 38031608 BOOK III. JOSHUA AND THE JUDGES. CHAPTER I. THE [Ancient Syrian Chief addressing the People.*] ^ After the death of Moses the Israelites remained encamped in the phiins of Moab, with theriver Jordan before them, prepared for, and expecting, the order for their advance into theland promised to their fathers. i This pause on the borders of that land affords us a very suitable opportunity of consideringthe grave questions—What claim had the Hebrews to the land they were about to invade with * The costume is Egypto-SjTian—that is Ej;, with such modificationi as the Syrians apjxiar to have given it in adoptingit from tlie Egyptians It has been very carefully studied. 336 HISTORY OF PALESTINE. [Book III- the intention to retain it for their own use ?—what right had they to declare a war of utterextermination against nations who had never given them any cause of offence? The answer which is now much relied upon is that of Michaelis, a
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