1883 Haydock Douay Rheims Bible
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| Ezra 7:24 | We give you also to understand, concerning all the priests, and the Levites, and the singers, and the porters, and the Nathinites, and ministers of the house of this God, that you have no authority to impose toll, or tribute, or custom, upon them. | Nathinites. 3 Esdras, "sacred slaves." (Haydock) --- 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) |