impost
noun
In Jewish tradition
It appears with tribute and toll as the taxes paid to kings in the time of the return from exile and the rebuilding of Jerusalem.
Interpretation. Enemies used the fear of lost taxes to stop the rebuilding, while a later king freed the Temple servants from them.
Meaning
A tax or duty charged on goods or by a ruler. tree →
Examples
- There have been mighty kings also over Jerusalem, who have ruled over all the country beyond the River; and tribute, impost, and toll, was paid unto them. (Writings EZR.4.20, JPS 1917) tree →
- Be it known now unto the king, that, if this city be builded, and the walls finished, they will not pay tribute, impost, or toll, and so thou wilt endamage the revenue of the kings. (Writings EZR.4.13, JPS 1917) tree →
- Also we announce to you, that touching any of the priests and Levites, the singers, porters, Nethinim, or servants of this house of God, it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, impost, or toll, upon them. (Writings EZR.7.24, JPS 1917) tree →
Note
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