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And this is the copy of the letter that the Lacedemonians sent: The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest and the elders and priests and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:
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they wrote unto him on tablets of brass to renew the friendship and league which they had made with Judas and Jonathan his brethren,
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which writings were read before the congregation in Jerusalem.
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And this is the copy of the letter that the Lacedemonians sent: The rulers of the Lacedemonians, with the city, unto Simon the high priest and the elders and priests and residue of the people of the Jews, our brethren, send greeting:
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The ambassadors who were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honor. Therefore we were glad of their coming,
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and registered the things that they spoke in the council of the people in this manner: `Numenius son of Antiochus, and Antipater son of Jason, the Jews' ambassadors, came unto us to renew the friendship they had with us.
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