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The Life and Times of Jesus the Messiah Vol 1 - Predestination

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circnmstance, that a certain<br />

m teacher is said to have spent eighteen months<br />

with a farmer, to learn<br />

what faults in an animal were temporary, <strong>and</strong><br />

which permanent.*<br />

Now, as we are informed that a certain mumcheh<br />

<strong>of</strong> firstlings had<br />

been authorised to charge for his inspection fix)m<br />

four to six Isar<br />

B«khor.iT. (1^. to about 2(2.), according to <strong>the</strong><br />

animal inspected,^ it is but reasonable to suppose,<br />

that a similar fee may have been exacted for<br />

examining <strong>the</strong> ordinary sacrificial animals. But all<br />

ti cable <strong>and</strong> difficulty would be avoided by a<br />

regular market within <strong>the</strong> Temple-enclosure,<br />

where sacrificial animals could be purchased,<br />

having presumably been duly inspected, <strong>and</strong> all<br />

fees paid before being <strong>of</strong>fered for sale.* It needs

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