42. and that he should be captain over them, and should take charge of the sanctuary, to set them over their works, and over the country, and over the arms, and over the strongholds; and that he should take charge of the sanctuary,
43. and that he should be obeyed by all, and that all instruments in the country should be written in his name, and that he should be clothed in purple, and wear gold;
44. and that it should not be lawful for any of the people or of the priests to set at nothing any of these things, or to gainsay the words that he should speak, or to gather an assembly in the country without him, or to be clothed in purple, or wear a buckle of gold;
45. but whoever should do otherwise, or set at nothing any of these things, he should be liable to punishment.
46. All the people consented to ordain for Simon that he should do according to these words;
47. and Simon accepted hereof, and consented to be high priest, and to be captain and governor of the Jews and of the priests, and to be protector of all.
48. And they commanded to put this writing on tables of brass, and to set them up within the precinct of the sanctuary in a conspicuous place;
49. and moreover to put the copies thereof in the treasury, to the end that Simon and his sons might have them.