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This done, in like manner there appeared a man with gray hairs, and exceeding glorious, who was of a wonderful and excellent majesty.
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Then Onias answered, saying, This is a lover of the brethren, who prayeth much for the people, and for the holy city, to wit, Jeremias the prophet of God.
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Whereupon Jeremias holding forth his right hand gave to Judas a sword of gold, and in giving it spake thus,
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Take this holy sword, a gift from God, with the which thou shalt wound the adversaries.
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Thus being well comforted by the words of Judas, which were very good, and able to stir them up to valour, and to encourage the hearts of the young men, they determined not to pitch camp, but courageously to set upon them, and manfully to try the matter by conflict, because the city and the sanctuary and the temple were in danger.
The Brenton translation of the Septuagint is in the public domain.