1 Maccabees 10:29-31

Good News Translation

²⁹ I hereby grant all the Jewish people release and exemption from payment of regular taxes, salt taxes, and other special taxes. ^30 (A)Furthermore, from this day I release you from your obligation to pay me one third of the grain harvest and one half of the fruit harvest. From now on I will not demand these payments from Judea or from the three districts that have been added to Judea from Samaria and Galilee. ³¹ Jerusalem and its surrounding territory is to be recognized as a holy city and to be exempt from the payment of all taxes.