Letter of Aristeas, source paragraph 12
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Work: Letter of Aristeas
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Letter of Aristeas — Andrews, Charles 1913
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'Eleazar the High priest sends greetings to King Ptolemy his true friend. My highest wishes are for your welfare and the welfare of Queen Arsinoe your sister and your children. I also am well. I have received your letter and am greatly 42 rejoiced by your purpose and your noble counsel. I summoned together the whole people and read it to them that they might know of your devotion to our God. I showed them too the cups which you sent, twenty of gold and thirty of silver, the five bowls and the table of dedication, and the hundred talents of silver for the offering of the sacrifices and providin…
- Source
- Letter of Aristeas — Andrews, Charles 1913
- Rights
- Public domain
- Reading language
- eng
- Source language
- eng
- Completeness
- Complete historical narrative as supplied by this identified source, through section 322; source paragraph boundaries retained, no invented historical chapters.
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- Unverified edition; not Human Sealed
Recorded provenance: Historical source wording, uncertainty markers and notes preserved without conjectural correction or translation. Plain-text presentation removes hosting markup and normalizes line endings. Complete historical narrative as supplied by this identified source, through section 322; source paragraph boundaries retained, no invented historical chapters.
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