1 Maccabees 8:29-31

New Catholic Bible

²⁹ In these terms the Romans have made a treaty with the Jewish people. ³⁰ Subsequently, if both parties should decide to make any addition or deletion, they shall have the authority to do so, and any such addition or deletion that they make shall be deemed valid.

³¹ “Concerning the wrongs that King Demetrius is perpetrating against the Jewish people, we have written to him as follows: ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies the Jews?