Thematic Bible: Payment of taxes (tribute)
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The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil liberty, general references to
And ye shall hallow the fiftieth year, and proclaim liberty throughout all the land unto all the inhabitants thereof: it shall be a jubile unto you; and ye shall return every man unto his possession, and ye shall return every man unto his family.
For thou hast broken the yoke of his burden, and the staff of his shoulder, the rod of his oppressor, as in the day of Midian.
And it shall come to pass in that day, that his burden shall be taken away from off thy shoulder, and his yoke from off thy neck, and the yoke shall be destroyed because of the anointing.
That I will break the Assyrian in my land, and upon my mountains tread him under foot: then shall his yoke depart from off them, and his burden depart from off their shoulders.
This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people which were at Jerusalem, to proclaim liberty unto them;
Art thou called being a servant? care not for it: but if thou mayest be made free, use it rather.
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And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
And Jehoiakim gave the silver and the gold to Pharaoh; but he taxed the land to give the money according to the commandment of Pharaoh: he exacted the silver and the gold of the people of the land, of every one according to his taxation, to give it unto Pharaohnechoh.
And Joseph made it a law over the land of Egypt unto this day, that Pharaoh should have the fifth part; except the land of the priests only, which became not Pharaoh's.
Let Pharaoh do this, and let him appoint officers over the land, and take up the fifth part of the land of Egypt in the seven plenteous years.
And he will take the tenth of your seed, and of your vineyards, and give to his officers, and to his servants.
There were also that said, We have borrowed money for the king's tribute, and that upon our lands and vineyards.
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » General references to
Also some of the Philistines brought Jehoshaphat presents, and tribute silver; and the Arabians brought him flocks, seven thousand and seven hundred rams, and seven thousand and seven hundred he goats.
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
For for this cause pay ye tribute also: for they are God's ministers, attending continually upon this very thing.
Tell us therefore, What thinkest thou? Is it lawful to give tribute unto Caesar, or not?
The Nation » Payment of taxes (tribute) » Civil strife, general references to
And nation was destroyed of nation, and city of city: for God did vex them with all adversity.
And lest your heart faint, and ye fear for the rumour that shall be heard in the land; a rumour shall both come one year, and after that in another year shall come a rumour, and violence in the land, ruler against ruler.
And when ye shall hear of wars and rumours of wars, be ye not troubled: for such things must needs be; but the end shall not be yet.
Then said he unto them, Nation shall rise against nation, and kingdom against kingdom: And great earthquakes shall be in divers places, and famines, and pestilences; and fearful sights and great signs shall there be from heaven.