Bible Verses About Tribute

"When you take a census of the people of Isra'el and register them, each, upon registration, is to pay a ransom for his life to ADONAI, to avoid any breakout of plague among them during the time of the census.

Everyone subject to the census is to pay as an offering to ADONAI half a shekel [one-fifth of an ounce of silver]- by the standard of the sanctuary shekel (a shekel equals twenty gerahs).

Everyone over twenty years of age who is subject to the census is to give this offering to ADONAI -

the rich is not to give more or the poor less than the half-shekel when giving ADONAI's offering to atone for your lives.

You are to take the atonement money from the people of Isra'el and use it for the service in the tent of meeting, so that it will be a reminder of the people of Isra'el before ADONAI to atone for your lives."

Likewise, he is not to acquire many wives for himself, so that his heart will not turn away; and he is not to acquire excessive quantities of silver and gold.

They did not drive out the Kena'ani living in Gezer, so the Kena'ani live together with Efrayim to this day, having become slaves to do the heavy work.

Z'vulun did not drive out the inhabitants of Kitron or Nahalol; so the Kena'ani continued to live among them but became subject to forced labor.

Asher did not drive out the inhabitants of 'Akko, Tzidon, Achlav, Akhziv, Helbah, Afik or Rechov;

so the Asheri lived among the Kena'ani who were living in the land, because they didn't drive them out.

Naftali did not drive out the inhabitants of Beit-Shemesh or Beit-'Anat but lived among the Kena'ani living in the land; however, the inhabitants of Beit-Shemesh and Beit-'Anat became forced labor for them.

The Emori had resolved to live in the Heres Hills, in Ayalon and in Sha'alvim; but when the power of the house of Yosef grew greater, they became subject to forced labor.

Sh'mu'el reported everything ADONAI had said to the people asking him for a king.

He said, "Here is the kind of rulings your king will make: he will draft your sons and assign them to take care of his chariots, be his horsemen and be bodyguards running ahead of his chariots.

He will appoint them to serve him as officers in charge of a thousand or of fifty, plowing his fields, gathering his harvest, and making his weapons and the equipment for his chariots.

He will take your daughters and have them be perfume-makers, cooks and bakers.

He will expropriate your fields, vineyards and olive groves - the very best of them! - and hand them over to his servants.

He will take the ten-percent tax of your crops and vineyards and give it to his officers and servants.

He will take your male and female servants, your best young men and your donkeys, and make them work for him.

He will take the ten-percent tax of your flocks, and you will become his servants.

Adoram was in charge of forced labor, Y'hoshafat the son of Achilud was secretary of state,

Achishar, in charge of the palace; Adoniram the son of 'Avda, in charge of forced labor.

Shlomo had twelve officers over all Isra'el who were in charge of providing food and supplies for the king and his household; each one was in charge of provisions for one month out of the year.

King Shlomo conscripted 30,000 men from all Isra'el for forced labor.

He sent them to the L'vanon in monthly relays of 10,000; they would stay a month in the L'vanon and two months at home. Adoniram was in charge of the forced labor.