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Now Gorgias took five thousand infantry and one thousand picked cavalry, and this division moved out by night
2
to fall upon the camp of the Jews and attack them suddenly. Men from the citadel were his guides.
3
But Judas heard of it, and he and his warriors moved out to attack the king's force in Emmaus
4
while the division was still absent from the camp.
5
When Gorgias entered the camp of Judas by night, he found no one there, so he looked for them in the hills, because he said, "These men are running away from us."
6
At daybreak Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men, but they did not have armor and swords such as they desired.
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And they saw the camp of the Gentiles, strong and fortified, with cavalry all around it; and these men were trained in war.
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But Judas said to those who were with him, "Do not fear their numbers or be afraid when they charge.
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