Ezra 4:13

The Scriptures 2009

Now let it now be known to the sovereign that, if this city is built and the walls completed, they are not going to pay tax, excise, or toll, and cause the revenue of the sovereign to suffer loss.

Cross References

Ezra 4:14

Now, because we have eaten salt from the palace, it was not fitting for us to see the sovereign’s shame. Therefore we have sent and informed the sovereign,

Ezra 4:20

And mighty sovereigns have been over Yerushalayim, who have ruled over all beyond the River. And tax, excise, and toll were paid to them.

Ezra 7:24

We further inform you that there is no authority to impose tax, excise, or toll on any of the priests and Lĕwites, singers, gatekeepers, Nethinim, and servants of this House of Elah.

Nehemiah 5:4

And there were those who were saying, “We have borrowed silver for the sovereign’s tax on our lands and vineyards.

Psalm 119:69

The proud have forged a lie against me, With all my heart I observe Your orders.

Psalm 52:2

Your tongue devises destruction, Like a sharp razor, working deceit.

Matthew 17:25

He said, “Yes.” And when he came into the house, יהושע spoke to him first, saying, “What do you think, Shim‛on? From whom do the sovereigns of the earth take toll or tax, from their own sons or from the strangers?”

Matthew 9:9

And as יהושע passed on from there, He saw a man called Mattithyahu sitting at the tax office. And He said to him, “Follow Me.” And he rose and followed Him.