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cline on cushions while they ate, and all ate with their ngers from the common dish.
The Jews bathed very often, on account of the hot climate and the dust of the roads. They also anointed their skin with oil. Before coming i o the house or sitting down at table or going to bed, they washed their feet.
Among the Jews were tradesmen of every kind, car- o p penters, masons, jewelers, tailors, and shoemakers. ::s There were also shop-keepers who sold food, clothing,
and furniture. But most of the people in Judea made
their living by herding sheep and cattle or tilling the soil. In Galilee the people lived by shing and farm- ing. In Samaria they lived chie y by farming.
They had no threshing machines in those days, but after the wheat was cut down, the sheaves were brought to a threshing oor. There oxen trampled
