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At daybreak, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. But they didn't have armor and swords such as they would have liked.
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They saw the Gentile camp, strongly fortified, surrounded by cavalry clearly trained in warfare.
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Judas said to those who were with him: "Don't fear their numbers or be afraid when they charge.
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Remember how our ancestors were saved at the Red Sea, when Pharaoh was pursuing them with his forces.
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So let's cry to heaven to see if the heavenly one will favor us and remember his covenant with our ancestors and crush this army in front of us today.