1 Maccabees 2:27-29
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
27 Then Mattathias cried out in the city, “Let everyone who is zealous for the law and who stands by the covenant follow me!” 28 Then he and his sons fled to the mountains, leaving behind in the city all their possessions.(A)
29 At that time many who sought righteousness and justice went out into the wilderness[a] to settle there,
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- 2:29 The wilderness: the sparsely inhabited mountain country southward from Jerusalem and west of the Dead Sea, in the region where the Dead Sea Scrolls were found.
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