[145] Deut. chap. iii. ver. 11.
[146] Encyclop. voce Cubit.
[147] Vide Encyclop. voce Cubit.
[148] Herod. lib. ii. sect. 168. p. 149.
[149] The king’s yearly land-tax, or rent.
[150] Gen. chap. xlvii. ver. 20 & 23.
[151] This was apparently the reason why Joseph, who had bought not only the lands, but the people of Egypt likewise, transferred them from farms, not convenient for them, to others where they could thrive. The same they do spontaneously at this day, now they are free.
[152] Dr Shaw, chap. ii, sect. 3. p. 383.
[153] Psalm lxxviii. ver. 12.
[154] Herod. eut. sect. 13.