1 Maccabees 15:5
Good News Translation
"Now therefore, I confirm all exemptions from taxes and payments granted you by former kings.

New Revised Standard Version
now therefore I confirm to you all the tax remissions that the kings before me have granted you, and a release from all the other payments from which they have released you.

Contemporary English Version
I will follow the example of other kings and excuse you from paying some taxes and fees.

New American Bible
“Now, therefore, I confirm to you all the tax exemptions that the kings before me granted you and whatever other privileges they conceded to you.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Now, therefore, I confirm unto thee all the oblations which all the kings before me remitted to thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to thee:

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Now, therefore, I confirm unto thee all the oblations which all the kings before me remitted to thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to thee:

1 Maccabees 15:3
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate; and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.

1 Maccabees 15:4
And I design to go through the country, that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.

1 Maccabees 15:6
And I give thee leave to coin thy own money in thy country:

1 Maccabees 15:7
And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and all the armour that hath been made, and the fortresses which thou hast built, and which thou keepest in thy hands, let them remain to thee.

Context
1 Maccabees 15
4And I design to go through the country, that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm. 5Now, therefore, I confirm unto thee all the oblations which all the kings before me remitted to thee, and what other gifts soever they remitted to thee: 6And I give thee leave to coin thy own money in thy country:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 15:3
Forasmuch as certain pestilent men have usurped the kingdom of our fathers, and my purpose is to challenge the kingdom, and to restore it to its former estate; and I have chosen a great army, and have built ships of war.

1 Maccabees 15:4
And I design to go through the country, that I may take revenge of them that have destroyed our country, and that have made many cities desolate in my realm.

1 Maccabees 15:6
And I give thee leave to coin thy own money in thy country:

1 Maccabees 15:7
And let Jerusalem be holy and free, and all the armour that hath been made, and the fortresses which thou hast built, and which thou keepest in thy hands, let them remain to thee.



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1 Maccabees 15:4
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