. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . eut. xxi., 17. INN 463 INQUISITION held under him, it must descend in the coursehe prescribed. In the year of Jubilee, there-fore every possession returned to the line ofits original owner. So that land could bemortgaged only till the next jubilee; andthe value was greater or less according tothe distance of the time of general person who had so mortgaged or alien-ated his inheritance might, with some ex-c
. A dictionary of religious knowledge [electronic resource]: for popular and professional use, comprising full information on Biblical, theological, and ecclesiastical subjects . eut. xxi., 17. INN 463 INQUISITION held under him, it must descend in the coursehe prescribed. In the year of Jubilee, there-fore every possession returned to the line ofits original owner. So that land could bemortgaged only till the next jubilee; andthe value was greater or less according tothe distance of the time of general person who had so mortgaged or alien-ated his inheritance might, with some ex-ceptions, either himself or by his kinsman,redeem it before the jubilee, paying accord-ing to the number of years which remainedtill that Wills, under such legal dis-positions, were little needed; and we do notread of them in the O. T. Inn. The word so rendered literally sig-nifies a lodging-place for the night. In theEast, where hospitality is religiously prac-ticed, inns in our sense of the term were an-ciently unknown, and are even now hardlyto he met with, except where establishedby Europeans. It is doubtful whether thekhans, or caravansaries even, which are the. Eastern Inn. representatives of our inns, existed so earlyas the time of The resting-placefor the night was very probably but a sta-tion at which caravans were wont to rest,near to a well, to trees, and to pasture, wherethe tents were pitched and the cattle weretethered. As traveling became more fre-quent, and the accommodation of wayfarersbecame a burden, it is likely that the customwas introduced, which still exists, of theinhabitants of the place making an allow-ance to the chief to enable him to entertainstrangers. Then, too, on the more frequent-ed routes remote from towns, caravansaries?were in course of time erected, often at theexpense of the wealthy. These khans, or car-avansaries, were, and still are, large struc-tures where men and cattle can find room torest, hut which provide neither foo
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