1 Maccabees 11:34-36

Good News Translation

^34 (A)I confirm their rights to the land of Judea and the three regions of Ephraim, Lydda, and Arimathea, which are hereby annexed to Judea from Samaria with all the lands belonging to them. This will be of benefit to everyone who goes to Jerusalem to offer sacrifice, since payments of the annual tax on produce and fruit from these lands will no longer be made to the king, but to the Temple. ³⁵ And I also grant them relief from the payment of revenues now due me from tithes, tolls, salt taxes, and special taxes. ³⁶ None of the provisions mentioned in this letter shall ever be canceled in the future.