Yǐsīlājì 7:24

24 Wǒ yòu xiǎoyù nǐmen , zhìyú jìsī , Lìwèi rén , gē chàng de , shǒu mén de , hé ní tí níng , bìng zaì shén diàn dāng chāi de rén , bùkĕ jiào tāmen jìn gòng , jiāo kè , nà shuì .

Yǐsīlājì 7:24 Meaning and Commentary

Ezra 7:24

Also we certify you, that touching any of the priests and
Levites, singers, porters, Nethinims, or ministers of this house of
God
The king had a right and perfect knowledge of the distinct offices and services of those persons, see ( Ezra 7:7 ) ,

it shall not be lawful to impose toll, tribute, or custom, upon them;
that they might be the less encumbered with the affairs of life, and be more at leisure to attend divine service, and do it the more readily and freely; it was usual with the Heathens to except ecclesiastics from taxes, tributes, and imposts; so the priests in Egypt ^F23, and the Druids here in Britain ^F24.

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FOOTNOTES:

F23 Diodor. Sicul. l. 1. p. 66.
F24 Caesar. Comment. de Bello Gall. l. 6. c. 13.

Yǐsīlājì 7:24 In-Context

22 Jiù shì yínzi zhídào yī bǎi tā lián dé , maìzi yī bǎi kē ĕr , jiǔ yī bǎi bā tè , yóu yī bǎi bā tè , yán bù jì qí shǔ , yĕ yào gĕi tā .

23 Fán tiān shang zhī shén suǒ fēnfu de , dāng wèi tiān shang shén de diàn xiángxì bànlǐ . wèihé shǐ fèn nù líndào wáng hé wáng zhòng zǐ de guó ne .

24 Wǒ yòu xiǎoyù nǐmen , zhìyú jìsī , Lìwèi rén , gē chàng de , shǒu mén de , hé ní tí níng , bìng zaì shén diàn dāng chāi de rén , bùkĕ jiào tāmen jìn gòng , jiāo kè , nà shuì .

25 Yǐsīlà a , yào zhào zhe nǐ shén cì nǐde zhìhuì , jiāng suǒ yǒu míngbai nǐ shén lǜfǎ de rén Lìwèi shì shī , shĕnpàn guān , zhìlǐ hé xī de bǎixìng , shǐ tāmen jiàoxun yīqiè bù míngbai shén lǜfǎ de rén .

26 Fán bù zūnxíng nǐ shén lǜfǎ hé wáng mìnglìng de rén jiù dāng sù sù déng tāde zuì , huò zhìsǐ , huò chōng jūn , huò chāo jiā , huò qiújìn .