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Thus he burned with zeal for the law, as Phinehas did against Zimri the son of Salu.
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Then Mattathias cried out in the city with a loud voice, saying: "Let every one who is zealous for the law and supports the covenant come out with me!"
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And he and his sons fled to the hills and left all that they had in the city.
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Then many who were seeking righteousness and justice went down to the wilderness to dwell there,
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they, their sons, their wives, and their cattle, because evils pressed heavily upon them.