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1 Maccabees 10:37-39
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 10:37-39
New Catholic Bible
37 Some of them will be stationed in the major strongholds of the king; others will be appointed to positions of trust in the kingdom. Their officers and commanders will be appointed from their own number, and they will be allowed to observe their own laws, as the king has commanded in the land of Judah.
38 “As for the three districts that have been annexed to Judea from the province of Samaria, let them be so incorporated with Judea that they will be considered to be under one ruler and will obey no authority other than the high priest. 39 Ptolemais and the adjoining land I bestow as a gift to the sanctuary in Jerusalem so that the necessary expenses of the sanctuary may be met.[a]
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- 1 Maccabees 10:39 At that time Ptolemais was in the possession of Alexander Balas so that such a gift could provide the Jews with an incentive to side with Demetrius and achieve the effective possession of the city.
