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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge on Matthew 17:24

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The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · Cross-reference reference work
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when: Mar 9:33 tribute: "Gr. didrachma, in value fifteen pence." Exo 30:13, Exo 38:26; This tribute seems to have been the half shekel which every male among the Jews paid yearly for the support of the temple, and which was continued by them, wherever dispersed, till after the time of Vespasian. Matthew 17:25
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