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1 Maccabees 8:31-32
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 8:31-32
New Catholic Bible
31 “Concerning the wrongs that King Demetrius is perpetrating against the Jewish people, we have written to him as follows: ‘Why have you made your yoke heavy upon our friends and allies the Jews? 32 If they have any further complaint to make against you, we shall uphold their rights and make war on you by land and sea.’ ”[a]
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- 1 Maccabees 8:32 The documentation is in the style of so many pacts concluded by the Romans, in particular very similar to the treaty concluded with the isle of Stampalia in 105 B.C. But verses 31-32 may come from other sources. The safe conduct accorded by the consul C. Fannio to the ambassadors who were returning has been preserved by the historian Flavius Josephus.
