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Please inform them of this decision and assure them of my friendship, so that they may conduct their own affairs in peace, without anything to worry about."
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Here is a copy of the king's letter to the Jewish people: "King Antiochus to the Jewish leaders and all the Jews, greetings.
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I hope that all is going well for you. I am in good health.
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Menelaus has informed me of your desire to return home and attend to your own affairs.
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So then, those of you who return home by the thirtieth of the month of Xanthicus may rest assured that you have nothing to fear.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.