A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . The Golden Candlestick The Akk of the Covenant as treason. The priesthood was vested in the line of thesuccessors of Aaron. Political authority in each of the He-brew tribes was exercised by the patriarchal chief and by theElders, the assembly of the tribe having the privilege of a vetoupon measures proposed by the magistrates. Era of the Judges. — The era of the Judges follows thatof the first invasion and settlement. It extends for abouttwo centuries from the date of the Exodus. It was an eraof anarchy and confusion. As a
A brief history of the nations and of their progress in civilization . The Golden Candlestick The Akk of the Covenant as treason. The priesthood was vested in the line of thesuccessors of Aaron. Political authority in each of the He-brew tribes was exercised by the patriarchal chief and by theElders, the assembly of the tribe having the privilege of a vetoupon measures proposed by the magistrates. Era of the Judges. — The era of the Judges follows thatof the first invasion and settlement. It extends for abouttwo centuries from the date of the Exodus. It was an eraof anarchy and confusion. As a sign of the prevailing disor-der there were, we are told, no roads in those days. Therewere local leaders, here and there, but no union. The Phi-listines on the western coast overran the country as far asthe Jordan, and on the east of the Jordan, the tribes werethreatened by the Amorites. So things went on until a 50 EAELIEST GROUP OP NATIONS great reformer was raised up in the person of the ProphetSamuel. Rise and Power of the Monarchy. — Samuel unwillinglyyie
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