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The meaning of Exaction in the Bible
(From International Standard Bible Encyclopedia)eg-zak'-shun: (1) mashsha' (Nehemiah 10:31), a demand for money lent on pledge, which the Jews agreed to forego in the seventh year; (2) gerushah (Ezekiel 45:9, "your exactions," the Revised Version, margin "expulsions"), eviction from house and home.
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