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Topic:
Thoughts
And Things Of The Bible -- Age, Old
The aged occupied a prominent place in the social and political
system of the Jews. In private life they were looked up to as the
depositaries of knowledge, (Job 15:10) the young were ordered to rise up
in their presence (Leviticus 19:32). The young allowed the aged to give
their opinion first, (Job 32:4) they were taught to regard gray hair as
a "crown of glory," (Proverbs 16:31; 20:29) The attainment of
old age was regarded as a special blessing. (Job 5:26) In pubic, old
aged was the main qualification of those who acted as the
representatives of the people in all matter of difficulty and
deliberation.
Derived from Easton's and Smith's Bible Dictionaries
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