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Show TI:Jeir CIJNi. 'L. lB. V-1. ... ,6-4 h · tJJearttre Rev •6 •f _. ,. It fi,o.., ntfieth p( ro· Xoir,E, C ent~., a f'J~ ' which was allowed er-perly that meafure o corn, ery day Whence was · · tenance ev · vants fort heir rna In f P t ha or 115 : s 11per C h~£nic e occafioned that fpe~ch 0 'J tfl ,!t re fl 11pon the proviji~ non fedendNm. That 15>je 111 : 1 we m 11ft t d ~e care for the un which fojficet k for 4 .tJ~,: s e xtarii,that is, a ffl!!4rt. k Bu~4HJtit morrtnv.lt contained C1 tut 6 It istranOated a Firkfn. affiJt6.r- Mllft!T~~, llrletretes, 0 .2 • • the Atheni411'1o (l) ft I·B•ltlttlltit affi.Jt was a mea {lu r e in uf.e amo· tnhg Cad~~.r ~nd Cadm ( as lib.s. was of the fame qu~nttty Wlual to th~ Hebrew Blllh.fo before was _noted) was eq sand an half. that it contamedfoNr Gallon __ ~---...-~P.-X-.-- ---- . Their CoJns. Firfl ofhrazen CoJnl. . . . ht have juft CoJns and JfetghtJ T Hthaety th weye_t gm hetg d b 0 tb. them arid their Welght!, by B.Arley .. corn~ • Mile Lll 4.-~ 1,10 .. Mar. 12 ·4_2 • The At~av, ltJznfllum_,a_ \19, the SJriac~NllDW (1. of/a. latter HehreJII call It ' 'ID ~ ) ( 111 ) It weiglied half a J ·m:l'liD,,g ""• the eighth part ~ f~~~'::ouy' three parts of 011 e c. -.rn '7pw~ hilr!J·corn. It va ue rthittg.It wan Roman copt, npfcl~~ Kol'&v1a' ~adranrl al F ~ it confifitd of t~o mites. ·Mo{t1Kot e11,. • h" g a graill of ollrr.J' h. h L f.u4·"'·4• wetg tn W. dow threw in two mites "' !c ma'l•s ~ The poor I L . By confequence It valued o farthin~, MarR 12~42· I ours c., ·;.., ~tr. • l ,,., ,.;g. .. It wa5 a B.oma11 &Dln, 111 t~e AJJ a • ,.1'• • 'Aaset.eJ.••,noarz . ' Th Rabbins call it ,10lN .yor, • Dr'!fo"J• weighing {1ur ~ratns. • ~"' ei ht mites. Of this we ~·~~;; Lue. and fay, that It co~tato:ttwo:gSparrowsfold for (an read~ Mal.l o.29• ~eifhn readeth it, for afarthi11g f It .4ffarium? ) onr Eng t ·rc f1 k. q•·-·q valueth of ours, in prect e pea Jog) • Their Their jilvtr Co.JnJ, ' Mrl Gerah. It was the twentieth part of the !hekel of the SJntl:uary ; A jhe'<_el i.r twenfJ Gerahs, Exod 30. 13. It was tile !ealllilver coyn among the Hebrezu; it valued of ours t d. oh. Mi)lN Agorath: We Eoglilli it in general, apiece of - jlver, I 8a,2.36. But it appe11reth by the Ch.zldee paraphra{ e,that it is of thef.cme value with Gerah;that paril· p.6raforenders both ~!)D Megna; by theGree~tlo!ey arc both rendred~.eoM~· the value theroftherfore is 1 d.ob. nro~wp KefhitA·h. The word fignifieth a lamh,and is u .. fed for a certaia coJtt among the Hebrnvs, on the one fide whereof the Image ot a lamb was llamped; flllt ENg lifo reads it in genera],a piece ofmony.J•c()b bought a parcel of a field for an hundred pieceJ of monJ, Gen. 3l·t9.1n the original it is,for an hundred/~tmhs. But it isapparcnt,thatJacob paid mony;for S.stephen faith,he bc:>ught it for flltJ11),.A0.7 . r 6. In the judgment ofthe Rabbi11es,it Was the fame that n O!Jo!IH, 0 11l'eni.J ()fthetJJ n R.. Sohm-~ l.l we11tto aj he~el; •rO. t ha t t he va 1u e t he reo f WaSJ d • ob • RG.t llD n•-•i~.t9., ; . r. '}OJ Cefoph,tir,JeA,~ Argentt 111 ,a piece of.filvt r: as the lib, ~ adio • It . Rom1111s numb~ed their_ fums by Sefterces, infom~ch ~~~ !~".' ;;•r. that NNmmw IS oftentimes put abfolutly to fig111lie o Dr•f.ai dif· the fame as SVJertitn: So the Hehrews counted their ftr.loca, Gtll,,. fums by jhel(_els, and the Greci"n.r-hy Drachme: Hence ' 19'" .Argentetu, apiece ofjilfJer, being put·abfolutely in the Bible, if mention in that place be of the Hehre-. coyns, it ll:andeth for aj/Je~/, and valueth 2 r. 6 d. ifit fiand for thejhe~el oftheft1rC/uarJ: if it frand for a comiiJON fhel{el, then.it valueth 1 s. 3 d. But if mention be of tbe Gree{ co;n1, as Alls 19 19. then it fignifieth the Attick, DrAchm•, Which valueth of our money I J. ob. *'"'""II. Aet/'JJ.~, l11~ I 5 .8. (p )It was a q~tt~rter of a Jhefr$l, and ~e mrmmi1. ~hus by confequence it valued of ours 7 d. ob . ..A!J'&Xfl-''' Didrt~Ghmon, lftlai,I7·~+· We Eng!ifoit M m 'tt"'ibute~ |