From the Bible: "So I took the chief of your tribes, wise men, and known, and made them heads over you, captains over thousands, and captains over hundreds, and captains over fifties, and captains over tens, and officers among your tribes." ( Deuteronomy 1:15 ) The Captains of Tens that we read about in the Bible were called Tithingmen in Old English Common Law, he was in charge of ten households, every male 12 to 60 was a part of the Tithing, and they were responsible to act when their Tithingman made a Hue and Cry. The Tithingman was responsible to make sure that those within his Tithing were obedient to the law and trained in the use of arms. Another term in medieval England for a tithing group was “vill” (See Statute at Winchester). While it may not be customary for Americans now to be split into households of ten in these days, the common law practice of training men beginning at the age of twelve years old in arms is implied in the Second Amendment as part
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