235 ■ . 



meant to reckoa the periods in succession, either adopted a 

 mean in his calculations unknown to us, or that the number 

 assigned to him is incorrect. 



But, if he designed to include the jears of servitude io 

 those allotted to tlie Judges, agreeably to the second alterna- 

 tive, no ingenuity (except that of Pezroq and Vossius, who 

 have invented anarchies and interregnums at will,) can de- 

 duce such a number from the Book of Judges. It will not 

 amount to more than 340 or 35() as will be clear to any, com- 

 mencing from the sixth year of Joshua, or the division of the 

 land, and reckoning the numbers assigned to the Judges, 

 until Samuel, separately from the servitudes, 



2dly. if St. Paul reckons, according to the first alterna- 

 tive, in succession, his computation will militate with that of 

 Jepthah ; for, he would reckon, (as Josephus does,) near 400' 

 years from the fortieth year after the exod, to the time of 

 Jepthah, when Scripture expressly mentions 300 years only to- 

 iiave intervened. 



3dly. This calculus enlarges the period allotted to a gene- 

 ration, beyond the natural limits, and, therefore, cannot be 

 admitted. 



4th. On these grounds, then, I must admit the correction 

 of the manuscript produced by Beza, which reads 350, £««/; 

 re r^iuMfftoiq, and which admirably agrees Avith my system, and 

 with the remarks I have already made. Nor are we to rejecfc 

 it because it is authorized only by one or two MSS. — The 



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