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1 Maccabees 8:21-23
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21 This proposal pleased the Romans, 22 and this is a copy of their reply, which they inscribed on tablets of bronze[a] and sent to Jerusalem, where it would remain in the possession of the Jews as a record of peace and alliance:

23 “May good fortune attend the Romans and the Jewish nation at sea and on land forever. May sword and foe be far from them.

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  1. 1 Maccabees 8:22 Important documents were often inscribed on tablets of bronze.
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