in the ranks of the religious officials. (4) Finally, the functions and privileges of priests as distinct from Levites were carefully discriminated, and the tradition that their origin as a religious order was due to Moses became firmly established, whilst the complex system of their organisation, in particular the subdivisions of the Levites as singers and doorkeepers, was confidently ascribed to David. Chronicles consistently represents this latest stage of development. For a concise statement of the facts see MᶜNeile, _Numbers_, pp. xiv ff. in the present series; and for further discussion the appropriate articles in the Dictionaries; especially Cook in _Encyclopedia Britannica_¹¹, s.v. _Levites_. CHAPTER VII. =1‒40.= GENEALOGIES OF SIX REMAINING TRIBES. The treatment of the several tribes in this chapter is very unequal. In the case of Issachar (=1‒5=), Zebulun (=6‒12=, see note verse 6), and Asher (=30‒40=), genealogies are given and the number of fighting-men of each tribe is stated. To Naphtali is devoted a single verse (=13=), giving only the names of his sons. For Manasseh and Ephraim (=14‒29=) genealogies are given and their possessions are shortly enumerated. The mention of Dan is obliterated, owing to the state of the text of verse 12. =1‒5.= THE GENEALOGY OF ISSACHAR. ¹And of the sons of Issachar; Tola, and Puah¹, Jashub, and Shimron, four. ¹ In Genesis xlvi. 13, _Puvah, and Iob_. =1.= _the sons of Issachar_] Genesis xlvi. 13; Numbers xxvi. 23, 24. verses 2‒5 are from an unknown source, or from the Chronicler himself. _Tola_] the name of one of the minor Judges (Judges x. 1). He is there described as “Tola the son of Puah, dwelling [Hebrew _josheb_] in Shamir.” No descendants are mentioned from Puah, Jashub, and Shimron, but only from Tola; and it has been suggested that these four sons of Issachar are imaginary, being simply deduced from the statement in Judges――Jashub = _josheb_, and Shimron = _Shamir_. This is very ingenious but by no means convincing. _Puah_] In Genesis and Numbers _Puvah_ (Revised Version). _Jashub_] So in Numbers, but in Genesis _Iob_. ²And the sons of Tola; Uzzi, and Rephaiah, and Jeriel, and Jahmai, and Ibsam, and Shemuel, heads of their fathers’ houses, _to wit_, of Tola; mighty men of valour in their generations: their number in the days of David was two and twenty thousand and six hundred. =2.= _of their fathers’ houses_] i.e. clans or families; see note on v. 13. _in their generations_] Render, =after= (or =according to=) =their generations=, the rendering given to the same phrase in Genesis x. 32, xxv. 13. _their number_] i.e. of the divisions which claimed _Tola_ as ancestor. _in the days of David_] xxi. 1 ff. (= 2 Samuel xxiv. 1 ff.).