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1 Maccabees 10:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 10:20-22
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
20 And so we have appointed you today to be the high priest of your nation; you are to be called the king’s Friend, and you are to take our side and keep friendship with us.” He also sent him a purple robe and a golden crown.(A)
21 So Jonathan put on the sacred vestments in the seventh month of the one hundred sixtieth year, at the Festival of Booths,[a] and he recruited troops and equipped them with arms in abundance.(B) 22 When Demetrius heard of these things, he was distressed and said,
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- 10.21 Or Tabernacles
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