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1 Maccabees 3:39-41
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
1 Maccabees 3:39-41
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
39 and sent with them forty thousand infantry and seven thousand cavalry to go into the land of Judah and destroy it, as the king had commanded. 40 So they set out with their entire force, and when they arrived they encamped near Emmaus in the plain. 41 When the traders of the region heard what was said to them, they took silver and gold in immense amounts, and fetters,[a] and went to the camp to get the Israelites for slaves. And forces from Syria and the land of the Philistines joined with them.
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- 1 Maccabees 3:41 Syr: Gk Mss, Vg slaves
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised (NRSVA)
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