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Therefore we have ratified unto them the borders of Judea, with the three governments of Apherema and Lydda and Ramathaim (which were added unto Judea from the country of Samaria), and all things appertaining unto them, for all such as do sacrifice in Jerusalem, instead of the yearly payments which the king received from them previously out of the fruits of the earth and of trees.
35
And as for other things that belong unto us of the tithes and customs pertaining unto us, as also the salt pits and the crown taxes which are due unto us, we discharge them from them all for their relief.
36
And nothing hereof shall be revoked from this time forth for ever.
37
Now therefore see that thou make a copy of these things, and let it be delivered unto Jonathan and set upon the holy mount in a conspicuous place.'
38
After this, when King Demetrius saw that the land was quiet before him, and that no resistance was made against him, he sent away all his forces, every one to his own place, except certain bands of foreigners whom he had gathered from the isles of the heathen. Therefore all the forces of his fathers hated him.
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