TRIBUTE, TOLL, TAXING<\/p>\n
1. In OT the subject is obscure. The word most frequently rendered tribute is mas, which denotes a body of forced labourers (2Sa 20:24, 1Ki 9:21 etc.; see RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), and then later forced servicethe feudal corve. Solomon had a regular system of levying provisions for the maintenance of the royal establishment (1Ki 4:7-19), and labourers for the execution of his vast building schemes (1Ki 5:13 ff., 1Ki 9:15), and also exacted toll from the caravans of merchants that passed through his kingdom (1Ki 10:15). After the fail of the Jewish State, tribute was imposed on the land by its foreign masters (2Ki 23:33, Ezr 4:13 etc.). In the last-mentioned passage (cf. Ezr 4:20, Ezr 7:24) we read of tribute, custom, or toll, but have no information as to the precise meanings of the terms and the distinctions between them. Cf. Trade and Commerce, 3.<\/p>\n
2. In NT tribute represents 3 Gr. words. (1) phoros is properly a land tax; (2) knsos (originally a property register), a capitation or poll tax. Both were direct Imperial taxes payable by the Jews as Roman subjects; the former in kind, the latter in Roman money. In NT, however, the distinction is not carefully observed (cf. Mat 22:17, Luk 20:22). For the tribute money of Mat 22:19 see Money, 7 (b). (3) didrachmon (Mat 17:24, RV [Note: Revised Version.] the half-shekel) was the sum paid by every male Israelite to meet the cost of the daily services in the Temple. See Money, 7 (d). Toil (telos, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] custom; telnion place of toll, AV [Note: Authorized Version.] receipt of custom) must be carefully distinguished from tribute (cf. Mat 17:25, Rom 13:7). It was not a direct tax like (1) and (2), but an impost on the value of exported goods. For details see artt. Custom (s), Publican. Taxing (apograph, RV [Note: Revised Version.] enrolment, Luk 2:2, Act 5:37) denotes a registration with a view to taxation for Imperial purposes. See Quirinius.<\/p>\n
J. C. Lambert.<\/p>\n
Tribute, Toll, Taxing TRIBUTE, TOLL, TAXING 1. In OT the subject is obscure. The word most frequently rendered tribute is mas, which denotes a body of forced labourers (2Sa 20:24, 1Ki 9:21 etc.; see RV [Note: Revised Version.] ), and then later forced servicethe feudal corve. Solomon had a regular system of levying provisions for … Continue reading “Tribute, Toll, Taxing”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-90570","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-encyclopedic-dictionary"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90570","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=90570"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/90570\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=90570"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=90570"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.biblia.work\/dictionaries\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=90570"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}