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( ëîִñ , mas, tribute, as usually rendered), a tax or requirement of service imposed by Eastern kings for public works, hence a gang or company of men impressed into such service (1Ki_5:13-14; 1Ki_9:15). In two passages other terms ( òָìָä . 1Ki_9:21; øåּí , Num_31:28) are employed in connection with this, to denote the exaction of tribute. SEE TRIBUTE.