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They sent a letter to Judas and his brothers: The Gentiles around us have gathered to destroy us.
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They are making preparations to come and capture the fortress to which we've escaped, and Timothy is leading them.
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Please, come and rescue us from them because many of us have died already.
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Our people who were in the land of Tob have been killed. The enemy captured their wives, children, and goods. They killed nearly a thousand people there.
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While the letter was still being read, other messengers from Galilee, with torn clothing, said similar things.