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and this is a copy of the letter which they wrote in reply, on bronze tablets, and sent to Jerusalem to remain with them there as a memorial of peace and alliance:
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"May all go well with the Romans and with the nation of the Jews at sea and on land for ever, and may sword and enemy be far from them.
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If war comes first to Rome or to any of their allies in all their dominion,
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the nation of the Jews shall act as their allies wholeheartedly, as the occasion may indicate to them.
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And to the enemy who makes war they shall not give or supply grain, arms, money, or ships, as Rome has decided; and they shall keep their obligations without receiving any return.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.