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and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews."
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And if any of you are qualified to be enrolled in our bodyguard, let them be enrolled, and let there be peace between us."
41
In the one hundred and seventieth year the yoke of the Gentiles was removed from Israel,
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and the people began to write in their documents and contracts, "In the first year of Simon the great high priest and commander and leader of the Jews."
43
In those days Simon encamped against Gazara and surrounded it with troops. He made a siege engine, brought it up to the city, and battered and captured one tower.
44
The men in the siege engine leaped out into the city, and a great tumult arose in the city.
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