10. I found, consequently, that, on the one hand, the second of the Ptolemies,10 a king who was especially, indeed, zealous in learning and in collection of books, was particularly intent to translate our law and the constitution therein into the Greek language. 11. On the other hand, Eleazaros,11 second to none of the high priests among us, did not begrudge the aforementioned king the enjoyment of this advantage. He would by all means have declined unless it had been our tradition to hold nothing
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