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Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects 1 Samuel 8:10-17
Exacted from all conquered nations Joshua 16:10; Judges 1:30,33,35; 2 Kings 23:33,35
OFTEN EXACTED IN
- Labour 1 Kings 5:13,14; 9:15,21
- Produce of land, &c 1 Samuel 8:15; 1 Kings 4:7
- Gold and silver 2 Kings 23:33,35
The Jews required to pay half a shekel to God as Exodus 30:12-16
Christ to avoid offence wrought a miracle to pay for himself And Peter Matthew 17:24-27
KINGS OF ISRAEL
- Forbidden to levy unnecessary or oppressive Deuteronomy 17:17
- Set officers over 2 Samuel 20:24; 1 Kings 4:6,7
- Often oppressed the people with 1 Kings 12:4,11
When oppressive frequently led to rebellion 1 Kings 12:14-20
Priests and Levites exempted from Ezra 7:24
ROMAN
- Decree of Augustus for Luke 2:1
- First levied in Judea when Cyrenius was governor Luke 2:2
- Persons enroled for, in the native place of their tribe and Family Luke 2:3-5
- Collected by the Publicans Luke 3:12,13; 5:27
- Was paid in Roman coin Matthew 22:19,20
- Was resisted by the Galilaeans under Judas of Galilee Acts 5:37; Luke 13:1
- Christ showed to the Pharisees and Herodians the propriety Of paying Matthew 22:15-22; Mark 12:13-17
- Our Lord falsely accused of forbidding to pay Luke 23:2
All saints exhorted to pay Romans 13:6,7

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