1 Maccabees 10:34-36

New Catholic Bible

³⁴ Let all feast days, Sabbaths, new moon festivals, appointed days, and the three days that precede and the three days that follow a festival be days of exemption and release for all the Jews in my kingdom. ³⁵ No one will have the authority to exact any payment from them or to impose any burden on them in any matter whatsoever.

³⁶ “Thirty thousand Jews will be enrolled in the king’s army, and they will receive the standard benefits given to all the forces of the king.