1 Maccabees 15:19-21

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁹ It hath seemed good therefore to us to write to the kings, and countries, that they should do them no harm, nor fight against them, their cities, or countries: and that they should give no aid to them that fight against them.

²⁰ And it hath seemed good to us to receive the shield of them.

²¹ If therefore any pestilent men are fled out of their country to you, deliver them to Simon the high priest, that he may punish them according to their law.