1 Maccabees 13:39-41
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
39 We pardon any oversights and offenses committed up to now, as well as the crown tax that you owe. Any other tax that used to be collected in Jerusalem shall no longer be collected there. 40 Any of you qualified for enrollment in our service may be enrolled. Let there be peace between us.”
41 Thus in the one hundred and seventieth year,[a] the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel,
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- 13:41 The one hundred and seventieth year: March, 142, to April, 141 B.C., by the Temple calendar.
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