RECEIPT OF CUSTOM.See Custom(s), Tribute.
Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible
Edited by James Hastings, D.D. Published in 1909
Matthew, when called, was sitting at the receipt of custom, or dues on merchandise. He was a publican or tax- gatherer, or, as we should say, a custom house officer. The publicans had houses or booths built for them at the foot of bridges, at the mouth of rivers, by the sea shore, and the parts of the lake of Gennesareth, or sea of Tiberias, to collect the taxes on passengers and merchandise. See PUBLICAN.
Biblical and Theological Dictionary by Richard Watson
PRINTER 1849.
rḗ-sēt?. See CUSTOM.
International Standard Bible Encyclopedia
PRINTER 1915.
Receipt Of Custom
SEE CUSTOM.
CYCLOPEDIA OF BIBLICAL, THEOLOGICAL AND ECCLESIASTICAL
press 1895.