THE

ORDINANCE OF LEVITES.

BY

JAMES SUTER,

AUTHOR OF

"MORAL STATISTICS OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS OF SCOTLAND."

EDINBURGH:
WILLIAM P. NIM MO.
LONDON: SIMPKIN, MARSHALL, & CO.
DUBLIN: M'GLASHAN & GILL.

BIB

NOTICES

OF

"MORAL STATISTICS OF THE HIGHLANDS AND ISLANDS

OF SCOTLAND."

BY THE AUTHOR OF THE "ORDINANCE OF LEVITES."

From the Edinburgh Review, No. XCI.

"Never was a formidable task set about with more sense and resolution, concluded more triumphantly."

From the Edinburgh Christian Instructor, No. CCXXXI.

Edited by the Rev. Andrew Thomson, D.D.

"We are not aware that any Report of equal value on the subject of Education has ever been published in this country."

SUMMARY OF CONTENTS.

CHAP.

PROMISES,

INTRODUCTION,

PART I.-ORDINANCE FOR ALL COUNTRIES.

I. TITHES BELONG TO FATHERS AND ELDERS AS LEVITES OR

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II. THE NUMBERING OF THE AGED OR FIRST-BORN AS LEVITES,

III. ANNUITIES AS TITHES TO LEVITES,

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IV. A TITHE OF THE TITHES AND FIRST-FRUITS BELONG TO

PRIESTS OR MINISTERS,

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V. A THIRD PART OF A SECOND TITHE AN EQUALISED FUND

VI. DWELLINGS FOR MORE AGED LEVITES, WITH SUBURBS,

VII. HUNDREDS AND TITHINGS,

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II. BENEFITS TO DISTRICTS, TOWNS, AND PROVINCES,

III. BENEFITS TO IRELAND,

IV. SUMMARY OF BENEFITS IN THE UNITED KINGDOM,

V. ALL THE TITHES IN THE STOREHOUSE,"-ENLARGED AN-

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VI. EXTINCTION OF NATIONAL DEBT-TERMINABLE ANNUITIES,

CONTENTS.

PROMISES,

INTRODUCTION,

PART I.-ORDINANCE FOR ALL COUNTRIES.

CHAP. I.-TITHES BELONG TO FATHERS AND ELDERS AS LEVITES

OR FIRST-BORN,

SECTIONS.-1. Melchisedec; 2. Levi; 3. Separation of the

Levites; 4. The Tithes are given to the Levites; 5. The

Gentiles' Tithes.

CHAP. II. THE NUMBERING OF THE AGED OR FIRST-BORN AS

LEVITES,

SECTIONS.-1. Numbering every fifth year; 2. Superannuation

or Old Age; 3. The Number of the Aged; 4. Number of

Levites—one for every twenty of Population; 5. Compara-

tive Longevity in Towns.

CHAP. III.-ANNUITIES AS TITHES TO LEVITES,

SECTIONS.-1. Probable Aggregate of Annuities; 2. Uniform

Annuities; 3. Difference of Annuities to Males and

Females; 4. (A.) Double Annuities to Hebrews; (B)

Benefits derived by Mankind from the Hebrews; (C.) The

Hebrew Scriptures; (D.) Number of Hebrews; 5. Addi-

tional Annuities to Aged Ministers; 6. Number of Min-

isters; 7. Annuities in relation to National Wealth; 8.

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