Template talk:Corveep

"harshness" or "ruthlessness" (Exodus 1:11-12; Exodus 2:11; Leviticus 25:43, 46; Ezekiel 34:4). The children of Israel became familiar with corvée labor (Exodus 1:11, et al.) in the course of their wanderings, inasmuch as the slavery in Egypt was a prolonged period of compulsory labor. During the Israelite conquest corvée labor was one of the indications of the nature of relations between the Canaanite population. According to the biblical account, sometimes the Israelites were tributaries of the Canaanites and sometimes the position was reversed (Genesis 49:15; Judges 1:33, et al.). There are those who think that by compelling the Gibeonites to become "hewers of wood and drawers of water" (Joshua 9:21) Joshua was in fact imposing on them corvée labor. Corvée labor became a permanent institution only in the period of the monarchy. According to 2 Samuel 20:24, the minister who was "over the levy" was one of the highest officials in David's regime. It seems that he was a foreigner, attached to the royal staff for his expertise. The same official served Solomon and Rehoboam (1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 12]]:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18). Possibly, at first, only foreign elements in the country were obliged to submit to corvée labor (1 Kings 9:20–22; 2 Chronicles 8:7–9); only later was Solomon forced to demand compulsory labor from the population to carry out the vast building projects he had undertaken.</Ref> in ancient Mesopotamian, yet the meaning escribed to it in the Old Testament escribed as "harshness" or "ruthlessness" (Exodus 1:11-12; Exodus 2:11; Leviticus 25:43, 46; Ezekiel 34:4). The children of Israel became familiar with corvée labor (Exodus 1:11, et al.) in the course of their wanderings, inasmuch as the slavery in Egypt was a prolonged period of compulsory labor. During the Israelite conquest corvée labor was one of the indications of the nature of relations between the Canaanite population. According to the biblical account, sometimes the Israelites were tributaries of the Canaanites and sometimes the position was reversed (Genesis 49:15; Judges 1:33, et al.). There are those who think that by compelling the Gibeonites to become "hewers of wood and drawers of water" (Joshua 9:21) Joshua was in fact imposing on them corvée labor. Corvée labor became a permanent institution only in the period of the monarchy. According to 2 Samuel 20:24, the minister who was "over the levy" was one of the highest officials in David's regime. It seems that he was a foreigner, attached to the royal staff for his expertise. The same official served Solomon and Rehoboam (1 Kings 4:6; 1 Kings 12]]:18; 2 Chronicles 10:18). Possibly,