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Boyd’s Bible Dictionary
:
(gift). A payment made as a token of submission, or for sake of
peace
, or in pursuance of treaty (
Gen. 49:15
15
And he saw that rest was good, and the land that it was pleasant; and bowed his shoulder to bear, and became a servant unto tribute. (Genesis 49:15)
). The
head
-tax of half a
shekel
paid annually by Jews for the support of
the temple
service (
Ex. 30:13
13
This they shall give, every one that passeth among them that are numbered, half a shekel after the shekel of the sanctuary: (a shekel is twenty gerahs:) an half shekel shall be the offering of the Lord. (Exodus 30:13)
).
Concise Bible Dictionary
:
Various
Hebrew
words are thus represented, but the signification in general is that which one nation or people paid to another, either in
money
or kind (
2 Kings 3:4
4
And Mesha king of Moab was a sheepmaster, and rendered unto the king of Israel an hundred thousand lambs, and an hundred thousand rams, with the wool. (2 Kings 3:4)
), in order to be left in peaceable possession. Some of
the Canaanites
were not driven out of the land, but they paid tribute to the Israelites, and
Solomon
put
others under tribute (
Josh. 17:13
13
Yet it came to pass, when the children of Israel were waxen strong, that they put the Canaanites to tribute; but did not utterly drive them out. (Joshua 17:13)
;
2 Chron. 8:7-8
7
As for all the people that were left of the Hittites, and the Amorites, and the Perizzites, and the Hivites, and the Jebusites, which were not of Israel,
8
But of their children, who were left after them in the land, whom the children of Israel consumed not, them did Solomon make to pay tribute until this day. (2 Chronicles 8:7‑8)
). Afterward, because of their
sin
,
Israel
had to pay tribute to
Assyria
,
Egypt
, &c., and in the
New
Testament
the Jews paid tribute to the Romans in the shape of
taxes
(
Luke 20:22
22
Is it lawful for us to give tribute unto Caesar, or no? (Luke 20:22)
). These were farmed, which led to abuses: (compare
Luke 3:12-13
12
Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do?
13
And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Luke 3:12‑13)
).
The word
“tribute” is used in the AV in another signification, as when the Jews asked
Peter
if his
teacher
paid “tribute.” Here the word is
διδραχμον
(double drachma), and signifies the sum each
Jew
paid to
the temple
. It was about 15d. The
fish
Peter caught had in its mouth a
stater
of the value of about 2S. 6d., which paid for the
Lord
and for Peter (
Matt. 17:24-27
24
And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute money came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute?
25
He saith, Yes. And when he was come into the house, Jesus prevented him, saying, What thinkest thou, Simon? of whom do the kings of the earth take custom or tribute? of their own children, or of strangers?
26
Peter saith unto him, Of strangers. Jesus saith unto him, Then are the children free.
27
Notwithstanding, lest we should offend them, go thou to the sea, and cast an hook, and take up the fish that first cometh up; and when thou hast opened his mouth, thou shalt find a piece of money: that take, and give unto them for me and thee. (Matthew 17:24‑27)
). The Lord refers to what the kings of the
earth
did in ordinary tribute, in order to show that Himself and Peter as sons of the King of the temple could have claimed exemption, though they did not (compare
Matt. 21:13
13
And said unto them, It is written, My house shall be called the house of prayer; but ye have made it a den of thieves. (Matthew 21:13)
). The institution of this yearly payment apparently began in the days of
Ezra
and
Nehemiah
. It is introduced with the words, “We made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a
shekel
for the service of the
house
of our
God
” (
Neh. 10:32
32
Also we made ordinances for us, to charge ourselves yearly with the third part of a shekel for the service of the house of our God; (Nehemiah 10:32)
). It was so far a voluntary arrangement.
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