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PREFACE,

xi-xii

SYNOPSIS OF SUBJECTS,

xiii-xviii

CHAPTER I.

OF THE DUTIES OF COURT IN THE MONTH OF ADAR--PAYMENT OF POLL DUTIES IN THE WHOLE REGION OF ISRAEL,

1-6

CHAPTER II.

THE EXCHANGE OF COINS FOR SHEKALIM--THE PROVISIONS FOR THE SAVING OF MONEY FOR DIFFERENT OFFERINGS AND THE USE OF THE REMAINDERS,

7-11

CHAPTER III.

PERIODS AT WHICH MONEYS WERE DRAWN FROM THE TREASURY, AND THE CEREMONIES THEREAT,

12-15

CHAPTER IV.

PURPOSES FOR WHICH MONEYS WERE DRAWN, AND WHAT WAS DONE WITH THEIR REMAINDERS AND THAT OF OTHER OFFERINGS,

16-19

CHAPTER V.

THE MAIN OFFICES, THEIR OFFICERS, THEIR DUTIES, SEALS, AND CHAMBERS,

20-24

CHAPTER VI.

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THE THIRTEEN COVERED CHESTS AND OTHER PARAPHERNALIA, AND RELIGIOUS CEREMONIES ADOPTED WITH THE NUMBER THIRTEEN,

25-28

CHAPTER VII.

MONEYS FOUND BETWEEN THE CHESTS, AND CATTLE FOR OFFERINGS FOUND IN THE VICINITY OF THE CITY OF JERUSALEM,

29-32

CHAPTER VIII.

SPITTLE, UTENSILS, AND SUBMERGING OF THE DEFILED SACRIFICES,

33-36