1 The brethren the Iewes that bee at Ierusalem, and in the lande of Iudea, wish vnto the brethren the Iewes that are throughout Egypt, health and peace.
2 God be gracious vnto you, and remember his Couenant that hee made with Abraham, Isaac, and Iacob, his faithfull seruants:
3 And giue you all an heart to serue him, and to doe his will, with a good courage, and a willing minde:
4 And open your hearts in his law and commandements, & send you peace:
5 And heare your prayers, and be at one with you, and neuer forsake you in time of trouble.
6 And now wee be here praying for you.
7 What time as Demetrius reigned, in the hundred threescore and ninth yeere, wee the Iewes wrote vnto you, in the extremitie of trouble, that came vpon vs in those yeeres, from the time that Iason and his company reuolted from the holy land, and kingdome,
8 And burnt the porch, and shed innocent blood. Then we prayed vnto the Lord, and were heard: we offered also sacrifices, and fine flowre, and lighted the lampes, and set forth the loaues.
9 And now see that ye keepe the feast of Tabernacles in the moneth Casleu.
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