I know that Christ is all in all; and that it is the presence of God that makes Heaven to be heaven. But yet it much sweetens the thoughts of that place to me that there are there such a multitude of my most dear and precious friends in Christ.
Richard Baxter

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  1. Sometimes exacted by kings from their own subjects # 1Sa 8:10-17
  2. Exacted from all conquered nations # Jos 16:10 Jud 1:30,33,35 2Ki 23:33,35
  3. 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