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

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• Tos. sheq. fifteen or sixteen shillings, while a<br />

lamb might sometimes be had as low Ar! It?** ^<br />

two peucc. No woudcr living <strong>and</strong> labour were so<br />

cheap. Com <strong>of</strong> f Men. xiiL 8 all kiuds, fruit, wine,<br />

<strong>and</strong> oil, cost very littJe. Meat was about a penny<br />

a pound; a man might get himself a small, <strong>of</strong> course<br />

unfurnished, JJJJ-^^ lodging for about sixpence a<br />

week.« A day labourer was paid about 7^d. a day,<br />

though skilled labour would fetch a good deal<br />

more. Indeed, tkhe great Hillel was popularly<br />

supposed to have supported his *toiiias«6 family<br />

on less than twopence a day,^ while property to <strong>the</strong><br />

amount <strong>of</strong> about 6f., or trade with 2Z. or 31. <strong>of</strong><br />

goods, was supposed to exclude a person from<br />

charity, or a claim on what was left in <strong>the</strong> comers<br />

<strong>of</strong> '^e«h tUL fields <strong>and</strong> to <strong>the</strong> gleaners.*<br />

To <strong>the</strong>se many like details might be added.'<br />

Sujfficient has been said to show <strong>the</strong> two ends <strong>of</strong><br />

society : <strong>the</strong> exceeding deamess <strong>of</strong> luxuries, <strong>and</strong><br />

<strong>the</strong> corresponding cheapness <strong>of</strong> necessaries. 8uch<br />

extremes would meet especially at Jerusalem. Its

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