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.
So in the seventh year of King Artaxerxes, he went up to Jerusalem with some of the Israelites, including priests, Levit
Let it now be known to the king that if that city is rebuilt and its walls are restored, they will not pay tribute, duty
The priests: The descendants of Jedaiah (through the house of Jeshua), 973;
And mighty kings have ruled over Jerusalem and exercised authority over the whole region west of the Euphrates; and trib