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- Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects # 1Sa 8:10-17
- Exacted from all conquered nations # Jos 16:10 Jud 1:30,33,35 2Ki 23:33,35
- OFTEN EXACTED IN 3a) Labour
# 1Ki 5:13,14 9:15,21
3b) Produce of land, &c # 1Sa 8:15 1Ki 4:7 3c) Gold and silver # 2Ki 23:33,35 4) The Jews required to pay half a shekel to God as # Ex 30:12-16 5) Christ to avoid offence wrought a miracle to pay for himself and Peter # Mt 17:24-27 6) KINGS OF ISRAEL 6a) Forbidden to levy unnecessary or oppressive # De 17:17 6b) Set officers over # 2Sa 20:24 1Ki 4:6,7 6c) Often oppressed the people with # 1Ki 12:4,11 7) When oppressive frequently led to rebellion # 1Ki 12:14-20 8) Priests and Levites exempted from # Ezr 7:24 9) ROMAN 9a) Decree of Augustus for # Lu 2:1 9b) First levied in Judea when Cyrenius was governor # Lu 2:2 9c) Persons enroled for, in the native place of their tribe and family # Lu 2:3-5 9d) Collected by the Publicans # Lu 3:12,13 5:27 9e) Was paid in Roman coin # Mt 22:19,20 9f) Was resisted by the Galilaeans under Judas of Galilee # Ac 5:37 Lu 13:1 9g) Christ showed to the Pharisees and Herodians the propriety of paying # Mt 22:15-22 Mr 12:13-17 9h) Our Lord falsely accused of forbidding to pay # Ro 13:6,7 10) All saints exhorted to pay # Ro 13:6,7