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for the Jews to enjoy their own food and laws, just as formerly, and none of them shall be molested in any way for what may have been done in ignorance.
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Menelaus has informed us that you wish to return home and look after your own affairs.
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Therefore those who go home by the thirtieth of Xanthicus will have our pledge of friendship and full permission
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for the Jews to enjoy their own food and laws, just as formerly, and none of them shall be molested in any way for what may have been done in ignorance.
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And I have also sent Menelaus to encourage you.
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Farewell. The one hundred forty-eighth year, Xanthicus fifteenth."
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