Ancient Israel: Right of "the PEOPLE" to Keep & Bear Arms

American Minute ^ | October 26, 2019 | Bill Federer

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In September of 1774, Dr. Joseph Warren wrote the Suffolk Resolves.

British statesman Edmund Burke cited the Suffolk Resolves as a major development in colonial animosity, which eventually led to the Declaration of Independence.

The Suffolk Resolves stated:

"That it is an indispensable duty which we owe to God, our country, ourselves and posterity,

by all lawful ways and means in our power to maintain, defend and preserve those civil and religious rights and liberties, for which many of our fathers fought, bled and died, and to hand them down entire to future generations ...

and that the inhabitants of those towns and districts ... do use their utmost diligence to acquaint themselves with the art of war as soon as possible, and do, for that purpose, appear under arms at least once every week."

On OCTOBER 26, 1774, the Provincial Congress of Massachusetts reorganized their defenses with one-third of their regiments being "Minutemen," ready to fight at a minute's notice.

This followed the example of the earliest known militia in history - Ancient Israel, where every man was armed and always ready at a moment's notice to defend his family and his community.

E.C. Wines wrote in Commentaries on the Laws of the Ancient Hebrews, with an Introductory Essay on Civil Society & Government (NY: Geo. P. Putnam & Co., 1853):

"Moses' constitution made no provision for a standing army ... The whole body of citizens ... formed a national guard of defense.

Thus the landholders (and every Israelite was a landholder) formed the only soldiery, known to the Mosaic constitution."

Denver University Law Review, July 15, 2013 published an article "Ancient Hebrew Militia Law," by David B. Kopel, in which he wrote:

"New Englanders intensely self-identified with ancient

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Time for another great American history lesson from American Minute.

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"Denver University Law Review, July 15, 2013 published an article "Ancient Hebrew Militia Law," by David B. Kopel, in which he wrote:

"New Englanders intensely self-identified with ancient Israel - from the first days of settlement in early 17th century (Israel in the wilderness) to the days of the American Revolution, when New England's 'black regiment' of clergymen incited the Revolution as a religious duty,

and described the thirteen American colonies as the modern version of the twelve confederate tribes of Israel ...

Thus, ancient Hebrew militia law is part of the intellectual background of the American militia system, and of the Second Amendment ...

Every male 'from the age of twenty years up, all those in Israel who are able to bear arms' ... were obliged to fight, to go forth 'armed to battle.' Men who failed this duty 'sinned against the Lord.'"

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