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And he spoke to them peaceably: and he swore to them, saying: We will do you no harm nor your friends.
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And they believed him. And he took threescore of them, and slew them in one day, according to the word that is written:
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The flesh of thy saints, and the blood of them they have shed round about Jerusalem, and there was none to bury them.
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Then fear and trembling fell upon all the people: for they said: There is no truth, nor justice among them: for they have broken the covenant, and the oath which they made.
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And Bacchides removed the camp from Jerusalem, and pitched in Bethzecha: and he sent, and took many of them that were fled away from him, and some of the people he killed, and threw them into a great pit.