Day Laborers

 In Ancient Israel there were times where jobs were scarce and people waited on street

corners for jobs similar to the day laborers of today. Jesus shared the following parable about

fair payment of these day laborers, "For the kingdom of heaven is like a landowner who went out

early in the morning to hire laborers for his vineyard. [2] "When he had agreed with the laborers

for a denarius for the day, he sent them into his vineyard. [3] "And he went out about the third

hour and saw others standing idle in the market place; [4] and to those he said, 'You also go into

the vineyard, and whatever is right I will give you.' And {so} they went" (Matthew 20:1-4

NASB). All of the men that were hired, although hired at different times of the day, received the

same pay. Jesus made the point that if you received what you were promised than it was a fair

payment.

 Trades

 The trades that were in existence in Biblical times are not all mentioned in the Bible. For

example the architects, engineers and plumbers for the various buildings are not mentioned.

Except for one verse alluding to a water shaft, plumbing is not mentioned at all, although

archaeology has validated that plumbing was in existence in ancient Minoa, Inca, Israel and

many other places. Every building has an architect but the only architects mentioned in the Bible

are God (Exodus 25:9) and Paul, who compares himself to an architect (1 Corinthians 3:10). It is

evident that someone fulfilled the role of architect and engineer in order to create such massive

and long lasting buildings, such as Solomon's houses and the temple in Jerusalem. The various

construction related trades and tradesmen that are mentioned in the Bible are as follows:

brickmaking, plastering, glass-making, carpentry, builders, masons, hewers, coppersmiths

(2Timothy 4:14), goldsmiths, silversmiths, and iron smiths, workers in bronze, stone-cutters; and

engravers (2 Kings 22:6; 2 Chronicles 2:14). There are other trades that have some relation to