Treasurers served as do treasurers today, and counselors were experts in the law. Sheriffs were local judges and magistrates, and rulers were the miscellaneous officials in the province. Every level of authority was represented and all were expected to be present. But this was more than a political assembly; it was a religious service, complete with music, and it called for total commitment on the part of the worshipers.2 Note that the word “worship” is used at least eleven times in the chapter.