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1 Maccabees 2:39-41
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Maccabees 2:39-41
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
39 When Mattathias and his friends learned of it, they mourned for them deeply. 40 And all said to their neighbours: ‘If we all do as our kindred have done and refuse to fight with the Gentiles for our lives and for our ordinances, they will quickly destroy us from the earth.’ 41 So they made this decision that day: ‘Let us fight against anyone who comes to attack us on the sabbath day; let us not all die as our kindred died in their hiding-places.’
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