Ezra 7:24 meaning and explanation
And be advised that you have no authority to impose tribute, duty, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, doorkeepers, temple servants, or other servants of this house of God.
Ezra 7:24, Berean Standard Bible
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This verse belongs to the letter King Artaxerxes of Persia gave Ezra, commissioning him to return to Jerusalem and organize worship and law there. Speaking to the royal treasurers west of the Euphrates, the king forbids them from taxing the temple personnel listed: priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants and other workers of God's house.
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