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Also we inform you that it shall not be lawful to impose tribute, custom, or toll on any of the priests, Levites, singers, gatekeepers, temple servants, or laborers of this house of God.
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Verse 24. Nathinites. 3 Esd. “sacred slaves.” Bible.—Artaxerxes confirms the immunities granted by the law of God, (Numbers 3:6. 12,) by the kings of Egypt, (Genesis 47:22,) and by all nations to the ministers of religion. Calmet.
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