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And the letter of the king unto the nation of the Jews was after this manner: King Antiochus sendeth greeting unto the council, and the rest of the Jews:
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If ye fare well, we have our desire; we are also in good health.
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Menelaus declared unto us, that your desire was to return home, and to follow your own business:
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Wherefore they that will depart shall have safe conduct till the thirtieth day of Xanthicus with security.
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And the Jews shall use their own kind of meats and laws, as before; and none of them any manner of ways shall be molested for things ignorantly done.