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And this is the copy of the letters 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 in tables 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 at Jerusalem.
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And this is the copy of the letters 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 that were sent unto our people certified us of your glory and honour: wherefore we were glad of their coming,
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And did register the things that they spake 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.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.