No. II.

TABLES OF WEIGHTS, MEASURES, AND MONEY, MENTIONED IN THE

BIBLE.

Chiefly extracted from Dr. Arbuthnot's Tables of Antient Coins, Weights, and Measures.

2. Scripture Measures of length reduced to English measure.

Eng. feet. inch.

0 0.912

0 3.648

0 10.944

1 9.888

7 3.552

10 11.323

14 7.104

1.5 Ezekiel's reed

21 1.3 An Arabian pole

20 13.3 | 10 | A schoenus or measuring line 145 11.04

4. Scripture Measures of Capacity for Liquids, reduced to English wine

5. Scripture Measures of Capacity for things dry, reduced to English

In the preceding table, silver is valued at 5s. and gold at £4 per ounce.

7. Roman Money, mentioned in the New Testament, reduced to the Eng

A mite (Λεπτον Ασσαριον)

A farthing (Koopavrns) about

A penny or denarius (Anvapiov)

A pound or mina

lish Standard.

£. s. d. far.

0 0 0 03-4 0 0 0 11-2 0073 3260

No. III.

A CHRONOLOGICAL TABLE

OF THE

PRINCIPAL EVENTS RECORDED IN THE BIBLE.
Abridged from Archbishop Usher and Calmet.

The true date of the Birth of Christ is FOUR YEARS before the
common æra or A. D.

Anno

Mundi,

or Year

PERIOD 1.

From the Creation to the Deluge, 1656 years.

of the

World.

1 THE creation.

Eve, tempted by the serpent, disobeys God, and persuades her
husband Adam to disobedience also. God drives them out

Year

before

Christ

4000,

before

A. D.

4004

1422 Jared dies, aged 962 years.

2578

1536 God informs Noah of the future deluge, and commissions him to preach repentance to mankind, 120 years before the deluge.

2464

1556 Japhet born, the eldest son of Noah.

2444

1558 Shem born, the second son of Noah.

2442

1351

Lamech dies the father of Nosh aged 777 years.

2353

JA. M.

(B. C.

1656 Methuselah dies, the oldest of men, aged 969 years, in the year of 2349 the deluge.

The same year, Noah, being 600 years old, by divine command enters
the ark.

PERIOD II.

From the Deluge to the First Call of Abraham, 420 years
and six months.

1657 Noah, being now 601 years old, takes off the roof of the ark on the 2347
first day of the first month; and on the twenty-seventh day of the
second month Noah quits the ark. He offers sacrifices of thanks-
giving. God appoints the rainbow as a pledge that he would send
no more a universal deluge.

1658 Arphaxad born, the son of Shem.

1693 Salah born, son of Arphaxad.

1757 Phaleg born, son of Heber.

1723 Heber born, son of Salah.

2346

2311

2281

2247

1770 The building of the tower of Babel; the confusion of languages, and 2230 dispersion of the nations.

1771 The beginning of the Babylonian or Assyrian monarchy by Nimrod; 2234 and of the Egyptian empire by Ham the father of Mizraim.

1787 Reu born, the son of Phaleg.

1819 Serug born, son of Reu.

1824 The trial of Job.

1849 Nahor born, son of Serug.

1878 Terah born, the son of Nahor. 1948 Haran born, the son of Terah.

2018 Sarai born, wife of Abram.

2217

2185

2130

2155

2126

2056

1998

1996

1986

2083 The call of Abram from Ur of the Chaldees to Haran in Mesopota-1921 mia, where his father Terah died, aged 205.

PERIOD III.

From the second Call of Abraham to the Departure of the
Israelites out of Egypt, 430 years.

2083 The second call of Aram from Haran.

He comes into Canaan with Sarai his wife, and Lot his nephew ;
and dwells at Sichem.

1921

2084 Abram goes into Egypt; Pharaoh takes his wife, but soon restores 1220 her again. Abram returns from Egypt; he and Lot separate.

1912

1911

2092 Abram's victory over the five kings, and rescue of Lot. 2093 Sarai gives her maid Hagar, for a wife, to her husband Abram. 2094 Ishmael born, the son of Abram and Hagar. Abram was 86 years 1910

old. Gen. xvi. 16.

2107 The new covenant of the Lord with Abram: God promises him a 1897

numerous posterity: his name changed to Abraham, and that of
Sarai to Sarah. Gen. xvii. Circumcision instituted. Abraham
entertains three angels, under the appearance of travellers; they
promise him Isaac.

Sodom, Gomorrah, Admah, and Zeboim, burnt by fire from heaven.
Lot is preserved retires to Zoar; commits incest with his
daughters.

2108 Abraham departs from the plain of Mamre to Beer-sheba. Isaac 1896

born.

A. M

2133 Abraham offers his son Isaac to God for a burnt-offering. 2145 Sarah dies, aged 127 years.

2148 Isaac marries Rebekah.

B. C.J

1671

1859

1856

2168 Jacob and Esau born, Isaac being 60 years old.

1836

2184 Abraham dies, aged 175 years.

1821

2200 Isaac covenants with Abimelech king of Gerar. 2208 Esau marries Canaanitish women.

1804

1796

2245 Isaac blesses Jacob, who withdraws into Mesopotamia, to his uncle 1759

2259 Joseph born, son of Jacob and Rachel, Jacob being 90 years old. 1745 2265 Jacob returns to Canaan. Esau comes to meet him, and receives 1739 him, with much affection. Jacob arrives at Shechem.

2270 The rape of Dinah-Benjamin born, son of Rachel.

2276 Joseph, being 17 year old, tells his father Jacob his brothers' faults 1734 they hate him, and sell him to strangers, who take him into Egypt. 1728 Joseph sold again as a slave to Potiphar.

2286 Joseph, tempted by the wife of Potiphar, refuses her, and is put in 1718

prison.

2287 Joseph explains the dreams of the two officers of Pharaoh.

1717

2289 Pharaoh's dreams explained by Joseph, who is made governor of 1715 Egypt. The beginning of the seven years of plenty foretold by Joseph.

2296 The beginning of the seven years of scarcity foretold by Joseph. 1708 2297 Joseph's ten brethren come into Egypt to buy corn. Joseph impri-1707 sons Simeon.

2298 Joseph's brethren return into Egypt, with their brother Benjamin. 1706 Joseph discovers himself, and engages them to come into Egypt with their father Jacob, then 130 years old.

2300 Joseph gets all the money of Egypt into the royal treasury. 2301 Joseph gets all the cattle of Egypt for the king.

2302 The Egyptians sell their lands and liberties to Pharaoh.

tians their cattle and their lands.

1704

1703

1702

2302 The end of the seven years of scarcity. Joseph returns the Egyp-1702

2315 Jacob's last sickness: he adopts and blesses Ephraim and Manasseh; 1689 foretels the characters of all his sons; and dies, aged 147 years. 2369 Joseph dies, aged 110 years. He foretels the departure of the Israel-1635 ites from Egypt, and desires that his bones may be taken with them

into Canaan.

2385 Levi dies, aged 137 years.

1619

2427 A revolution in Egypt. Rameses Miamun, the king, who knew 1577 neither Joseph nor his services, persecutes the Israelites.

About this time, according to Calmet, lived Job, famous for his wis

dom, virtue, and patience.

2430 Aaron born, son of Amram and Jochebed.

1574

2433 Moses born; exposed on the banks of the Nile; and found by Pha-1571

raoh's daughter, who adopts him.

2473 Moses kills an Egyptian: flees into Midian: marries Zipporah, the 1531 daughter of Jethro: has two sons by her, Gershom and Eliezer. 2513 Moses, commissied by God, returns into Egypt. Pharaoh refuses 1191 to set the Israelites at liberty. Moses inflicts ten plagues on Egypt; after which the Israelites are liberated.