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3 Maccabees 7:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Maccabees 7:1-3
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Ptolemy’s Letter on Behalf of the Jews
7 “King Ptolemy Philopator to the generals in Egypt and all in authority in his government, greetings and good health:
2 “We ourselves and our children are faring well, the great God guiding our affairs according to our desire. 3 Certain of our Friends, frequently urging us with malicious intent, persuaded us to gather together the Jews of the kingdom in a body and to punish them with extraordinary penalties as traitors,
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