And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part, except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.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, (verses 22,26); a {second} was the king's, (which appears to have been the land of Rameses, or Goshen, verse 11); the {remainder} was the subjects'. Now Joseph, having purchased the land of the people (verses 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. 30
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