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1 Maccabees 2:41-43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 2:41-43
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
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.”(A)
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42 Then there united with them a company of Hasideans, mighty warriors of Israel, all who offered themselves willingly for the law.(B) 43 And all who became fugitives to escape their troubles joined them and reinforced them.
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