30 Instead of collecting a third of the grain and half of the fruit of the trees as I should, I release you from payment from now on. I will not collect them from the land of Judah or from the three districts added to it from Samaria and Galilee, from this day on and for all time.
31 Jerusalem and its surroundings, its tenth-part gifts and its revenues, will be holy and free from tax.
32 I will also give up my control of the elevated fortress in Jerusalem and give it to the high priest. He may station people of his own choice to guard it.
33 I set free, without payment, all of the Jews who have been taken captive from Judah into any part of my kingdom. Furthermore, let all officials also cancel taxes on their livestock.
34 All the festivals will be days of immunity and release for all the Jews who are in my kingdom, including sabbaths, new moons, appointed days, and the three days before and after a festival.
35 No one will have authority to demand anything from them or annoy any of them about anything.
36 Let Jews be enrolled in the king’s forces to the number of thirty thousand. And let the privileges be given them that are due to all the forces of the king.