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And they circumcised all the children whom they found in the confines of Israel that were uncircumcised: and they did valiantly.
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And they pursued after the children of pride, and the work prospered in their hands:
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And they recovered the law out of the hands of the nations, and out of the hands of the kings: and they yielded not the horn to the sinner.
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Now the days drew near that Mathathias should die, and he said to his sons: Now hath pride and chastisement gotten strength, and the time of destruction, and the wrath of indignation:
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Now therefore, O my sons, be ye zealous for the law, and give your lives for the covenant of your fathers.