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the coming of Abraham into Canaan, and 215 years after Jacob went into Egypt, which show that Isaac was 60 years of age when Jacob was born; and this time and these periods given by Josephus, are in agreement with the 430 years mentioned in Exodus xii. 40. Abraham died aged.

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Jacob died in Egypt, aged.. .147 2255 1714

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Moses receives his commission from

God to lead the children of Israel out of Egypt....

Moses leads the children of Israel

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The division of the land begins. It

was at this period that the first Jubilee was calculated from, or observed in the land of Canaan, by the children of Israel.... The end of the Third, and beginning of the Fourth day, in or about the 31st year of the reign of Solomon,

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being also the 10th Jubilee from the division of the land...

The 12th Jubilee, from the division of the land in the 5th year of Jehoram; which Jubilean year is referred to in 2nd Kings, viii. 1............

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The 15th Jubilee in the 3rd year of Ahaz 3250
The Sabbatic year in the 15th year of
Hezekiah, mentioned in 2nd Kings
xix. 29.

719

3278

691

The 26th Jubilee in the 136th Syrian
Era
Fourteen years after the above period,
in the 150th Syrian year, in the 2nd

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year of Antiochus Eupater, there was a Sabbatic year, as mentioned in

1st Mac. 6th Chap. 17, 49, 53 verses. 3814

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Twenty-eight years after the above period, in the 178th year Syrian era,

as may be seen in Josephus' Book, 13th Chapter, 6, 7, 8 ...

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The 2nd Triumvirate lasted 12 years,
then the Empire was divided between
Antony and Augustus..
Herod made king by Antony and
Augustus, he took Jerusalem, it
being a Sabbatic year, according to
Josephus
Antony ruled in the east, and
Augustus ruled in the west, 14
years; at the end of which time
Antony and Cleopatra destroyed
themselves..

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The MESSIAH, born 14 years after Antony's death, or when Augustus had reigned alone 14 years, or 41 years after the death of Julius Cæsar,

or 28 years after the end of the 2nd Triumvirate

Herod's death

Augustus Cæsar's death..

The end of the 4th day, and the beginning of the 5th day. The end of the 80th Jubilee, since the creation of Adam, and the end of the 30th Jubilee since the division of the. land, were in or about the 31st year of Messiah, when he began his public ministry on earth

Christ's death and resurrection

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Destruction of Jerusalem....

The Apostle John wrote the Revelation in the Christian era, 87; in the year of the Beast, 666; and in the year of the world, 4056....

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THE FOLLOWING IS A SUMMARY OF THE PROOFS IN

OF THE HEBREW

FAVOUR OF THE CHRONOLOGY
TEXT, AS I HAVE CALCULATED IT.

The first proof is, that the prophetic days, in the 1st chapter of Genesis, predict the coming of Christ, in the 4th day, and agrees with the Chronological time of the Fathers, before and after the flood, to the 75th year of Abraham, being according to the Hebrew text, 2023 years

2023

The next period of time that has been contested, is the 430 years, from the 75th year of Abraham, to the Exodus; it is proved to be correct, by Josephus, the Samaritan code, and the Septuagint, and by the prophetic period of 400 years, mentioned to Abraham, when Isaac was 5 years of age, and himself 105 years; and it also agrees with the prophetic time of the days of the creation, which confirms the accuracy of this period 2453

The next period of time, from the Exodus to the death of Moses, being 40 years, at the end of which time the children of Israel entered the land of Canaan, is also confirmed by the days of the creation, and agrees with them... 2493

The next period of time is 480 years from the death of Moses, to the 4th year of Solomon; this period of time I have shown, agrees with the 300 years mentioned by Jepthah, in the Judges, 11th chapter, 26th verse; and also with the 450 years mentioned by the apostle Paul, in Acts xiii. 20, and is also confirmed by the prophetic days of the creation, and the Jubilean periods of 50 years, because it agrees with these three historical periods, and the prophetical days of the creation..

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The next period of time is from the 4th year of Solomon, to the beginning of the Captivity, 418 years. This period of time is proved by the 390 years of the sins of the house of Israel, mentioned by Ezekiel, (chapter iv.) and is also in agreement with the prophetic days of the Creation, and Jubilean periods... 3391

The next period of time is from the beginning of the 70 years' captivity, being from the 11th year of Jehoiakim, to the 2nd year of Cyrus; from the beginning of this period, commences the era of the Beast, mentioned by the apostle John; (Rev. xiii. 18,) and this period of 70 years agrees with the era of the Beast, 666, and with the days of the Creation, and with the Jubilean periods of 50 years.. 3461

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The prophetic time commences from the going forth of the commandment, to build and restore Jerusalem, being from the 2nd year of Cyrus, 77 weeks, equal to 539 years, to the anointing of the Messiah, which, according to the evangelist Luke, was in the 15th year of Tiberius Cæsar, when Christ was

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