33
I set free, without payment, all of the Jews who have been taken captive from Judah into any part of my kingdom. Furthermore, let all officials also cancel taxes on their livestock.
34
All the festivals will be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom, including sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, and the three days before and after a festival.
35
No one will have authority to demand anything from them or annoy any of them about anything.
36
Let Jews be enrolled in the king's forces to the number of thirty thousand. And let the privileges be given them that are due to all the forces of the king.
37
Let some of them be stationed in the king's great fortress. Let some of them be placed in trustworthy positions in the kingdom. Let their officers and leaders come from their own people, and let them live by their own laws, just as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.