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1 Maccabees 5:46-48
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 5:46-48
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
46 So they came to Ephron. This was a large and very strong town on the road, and they could not go around it to the right or to the left; they had to go through it.(A) 47 But the people of the town shut them out and blocked up the gates with stones.
48 Judas sent them this friendly message, “Let us pass through your land to get to our land. No one will do you harm; we will simply pass by on foot.” But they refused to open to him.(B)
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