And when they were come to Capernaum, they that received tribute {money} came to Peter, and said, Doth not your master pay tribute? {tribute: called in the original, didrachma, being in value fifteen pence sterling; about thirty seven cents}

And the LORD spake unto Moses, saying,

Honour the LORD with thy substance, and with the firstfruits of all thine increase:

For if there be first a willing mind, {it is} accepted according to that a man hath, {and} not according to that he hath not.

And this stone, which I have set {for} a pillar, shall be God's house: and of all that thou shalt give me I will surely give the tenth unto thee.

And thou shalt take the atonement money of the children of Israel, and shalt appoint it for the service of the tabernacle of the congregation; that it may be a memorial unto the children of Israel before the LORD, to make an atonement for your souls.

Out of the spoils won in battles did they dedicate to maintain the house of the LORD. {spoils...: Heb. battles and spoils}