“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.”
So Joseph established it as a law concerning land in Egypt — still in force today — that a fifth of the produce belongs to Pharaoh. It was only the land of the priests that did not become Pharaoh's. The law established — still in force at the time of writing — is the covenant person's contribution to the governance structure of the society in which they serve. The application: the administration of a crisis can produce lasting institutional structures. Joseph's governance of the famine becomes the tax law of Egypt.
COMMUNITY REFLECTIONS
Publish a note on this verse
0/2000
No notes on this verse yet. Be the first to write one!