'Collect' in the Bible
He answered, "Yes." When Peter went home, Jesus spoke to him first and asked him, "What do you think, Simon? From whom do kings on the earth collect tolls or tributes? From their own subjects, or from foreigners?"
When harvest time approached, he sent his servants to the tenant farmers to collect his produce.
At the right time, he sent a servant to the farmers to collect from them a share of the produce from the vineyard.
He told them, "Stop collecting more money than the amount you are told to collect."
When they were completely satisfied, Jesus told his disciples, "Collect the pieces that are left over so that nothing is wasted."
The descendants of Levi who accept the priesthood have a commandment in the Law to collect a tenth from the people, that is, from their own brothers, even though they are also descendants of Abraham.
Mortal men collect tithes, but we are informed by Scripture that Melchizedek keeps on living.