1 Maccabees 5:19

19 and he gave them this command, "Take charge of this people, but do not engage in battle with the Gentiles until we return."

1 Maccabees 5:19 In-Context

17 Then Judas said to Simon his brother, "Choose your men and go and rescue your brethren in Galilee; I and Jonathan my brother will go to Gilead."

18 But he left Joseph, the son of Zechariah, and Azariah, a leader of the people, with the rest of the forces, in Judea to guard it;

19 and he gave them this command, "Take charge of this people, but do not engage in battle with the Gentiles until we return."

20 Then three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go to Galilee, and eight thousand to Judas for Gilead.

21 so Simon went to Galilee and fought many battles against the Gentiles, and the Gentiles were crushed before him.