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Grain sacks, a sheathed sword, and silver rest beside bronze tablets as an image of keeping the treaty’s provisions.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 8

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 8:28

    Keeping the Terms

    An Alliance with Rome · 1 Maccabees 8

    Story guide: Closed stores and a sheathed weapon beside bronze tablets accompany the obligation to keep the treaty’s provisions honestly.

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    28And grain, weapons, or silver shall not be given to the allies, as it seemed good to Rome; and they shall keep these provisions, and not with deceit.

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