1 Maccabees 10:42-44

Good News Translation

⁴² In addition to this, we will no longer require the 5,000 silver coins annually from the Temple income. This money belongs to the priests serving in the Temple. ⁴³ Whoever owes a debt to the king or any other debt and takes refuge in the Temple in Jerusalem or in any area that belongs to it may not be arrested nor may his property anywhere in my kingdom be confiscated. ⁴⁴ The expenses for rebuilding and renovating the Temple shall be provided from the royal treasury.