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And shewed zeal for the law, as Phinees did by Zamri the son of Salomi.
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And Mathathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: Every one that hath zeal for the law, and maintaineth the testament, let him follow me.
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So he, and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that they had in the city.
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Then many that sought after judgment, and justice, went down into the desert:
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And they abode there, they and their children, and their wives, and their cattle: because afflictions increased upon them.