1 Maccabees 10:40-42

Common English Bible

⁴⁰ I also grant fifteen thousand silver shekels annually out of the king’s revenues from appropriate places. ⁴¹ All the additional funds that the government officials haven’t paid as they used to, they will give from now on for the service of the temple. ⁴² Moreover, the five thousand silver shekels that my officials have received annually from the income of the services of the temple, this too is canceled, because it belongs to the priests who minister there.