◄ Nehemiah 5:4 ►
Still others were saying, "We have borrowed money to pay the king's tax on our fields and vineyards.
Cross References
Ezra 4:13
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty, or toll, and the royal treasury will suffer.

Ezra 7:24
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.

Nehemiah 5:3
Others were saying, "We are mortgaging our fields, our vineyards, and our homes to get grain during the famine."


Treasury of Scripture
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that on our lands and vineyards.

the king's tribute



Nehemiah 9:37
And it yieldeth much increase unto the kings whom thou hast set over us because of our sins: also they have dominion over our bodies, and over our cattle, at their pleasure, and we are in great distress.



Deuteronomy 28:47,48
Because thou servedst not the LORD thy God with joyfulness, and with gladness of heart, for the abundance of all things; …



Joshua 16:10
And they drave not out the Canaanites that dwelt in Gezer: but the Canaanites dwell among the Ephraimites unto this day, and serve under tribute.


                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
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