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And in like manner Judas also gathered together all such things as were lost by the war we had, and they are in our possession.
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Wherefore if you want these things, send some that may fetch them to you.
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As we are then about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you: and you shall do well, if you keep the same days.
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And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
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As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.
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For he hath delivered us out of great perils, and hath cleansed the place.
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Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar:
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As also the wars against Antioch the Illustrious, and his son Eupator:
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And the manifestations that from heaven to them, that behaved themselves manfully on the behalf of the Jews, so that, being but a few, they made themselves masters of the whole country, and put to flight; the barbarous multitude :
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And recovered again the most renowned temple in all the world, and delivered the city, and restored the laws that were abolished, the Lord with all clemency shewing mercy to them.
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And all such things as have been comprised in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we have attempted to abridge in one book.