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For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and fought and chased away their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
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After this Simon sent Numenius to Rome with a great shield of gold of a thousand pound weight to confirm the league with them.
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When the people heard thereof, they said, What thanks shall we give to Simon and his sons?
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For he and his brethren and the house of his father have established Israel, and fought and chased away their enemies from them, and confirmed their liberty.
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So then they wrote it on tablets of brass, which they set upon pillars on Mount Zion. And this is the copy of the writing: The eighteenth day of the month of Elul, in the hundred threescore and twelfth year, being the third year of Simon the high priest,
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in Asaramel, in the great congregation of the priests and people and rulers of the nation and elders of the country, were these things notified unto us:
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