Ezr 7:24 | CPDV | STEP | Likewise, we would make known to you, about all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, and the ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose tax, or tribute, or duty upon them.

Ezra 7:24

24 Likewise, we would make known to you, about all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the gatekeepers, and the temple servants, and the ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose tax, or tribute, or duty upon them. ^{▼▼7:24Thus a Biblical principle is established that the Church should be free from the burden of taxation and the like.(Conte)}