* made it a law.
From this history, and from Diodorus Siculus (lib. i.), we
learn that the land of Egypt was divided into three parts:
one belonged to the Priests, (ver. 22, 26;) a second was the
king's, (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or
Goshen, ver. 11;) the remainder was the subjects'. Now
Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (ver. 19,
20), restored it, on the condition of their paying a fifth
part of the produce to the king, beyond which he appears to
have made no demand.
* except.
22 Eze 7:24
* priests. or, princes.
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