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"The magistrates of the Laodiceans to Caius Rubilius, the son
of Caius, the consul, sendeth greeting. Sopater, the ambassador of Hyrcanus
the high priest, hath delivered us an epistle from thee, whereby he lets
us know that certain ambassadors were come from Hyrcanus, the high priest
of the Jews, and brought an epistle written concerning their nation, wherein
they desire that the Jews may be allowed to observe their Sabbaths, and
other sacred rites, according to the laws of their forefathers, and that
they may be under no command, because they are our friends and confederates,
and that nobody may injure them in our provinces. Now although the Trallians
there present contradicted them, and were not pleased with these decrees,
yet didst thou give order that they should be observed, and informedst
us that thou hadst been desired to write this to us about them. We therefore,
in obedience to the injunctions we have received from thee, have received
the epistle which thou sentest us, and have laid it up by itself among
our public records. And as to the other things about which thou didst send
to us, we will take care that no complaint be made against us."
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