Now the priest of Midian had seven daughters: and they came and drew [water], and filled the troughs to water their father's flock.
Ver. 16. Now the priest.] Or, Prince. The old Egyptians chose their kings from among the priests. Samuel was both a priest and a judge in Israel. The Emperor of Rome had for one of his titles Pontifex Maximus, the high priest. Among the Turks, the judges at this day are ever ecclesiastical persons, whereby both orders joined give reputation to one another, and maintenance. a
And they came and drew water.] They were not so delicately bred as our dainty dames are now-a-days, but did earn before they eat.
a Blunt's Voyage, p. 89.