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the 480 years mentioned in the text. This, Usher supports 

 on the ground, that Hebrew numbers should be read as if 

 they were ordinal and not cardinal, as the grammarians ex- 

 press it ; that is, when the historian relates, the land had rest 

 4 ) vears, it means, that it commenced to be in repose in the 

 fortieth year after the conclusion of the preceding repose. 



On this principle, he thus constructs his table : — 

 A.M. 



3363 Joshua, 6 years of government. 

 3269 First repose, land divided. 



Government of the Ancients. 

 3301 First oppression of Chusan Rishathaim, 8 years. 

 3309 Otliniel, in the fortieth year after the first repose. 

 337] Second oppression, or servitude under Eglon, 18 years. 

 3389 Ehud after Othniel, in the eightieth year. 

 3409 Third oppression under Jabin, 20 years. 

 3429 Deborah, third Judge in the fortieth after Ehud. 

 3462 Fourth oppression, Midianites, 7 years. 

 3469 Gideon, fourth avenger, in the fortieth after Deborah. 



Add 9 intervening years. 

 3478 Abimelech, 3 years. 

 3481 Tholah, 23 Do. 

 3504 Jair, 22 Do. fifth oppression, Ammonites, 18 years 



inclusive. 

 3526 Eighth Judge, Jepthah, 6 years. 

 3532 Ninth, Ibsan, - - 7 Do. 



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