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24 A copy of the letter was also sent to Simon the High Priest.

1 "From the Jews of Jerusalem and Judea to those in Egypt, warm greetings.

20 He has described the battles with Antiochus Epiphanes and with his son Eupator,

17 and his body was trembling with fear, reflecting the pain in his heart.

40 That is the story of how the Temple treasury was protected from Heliodorus.

4 Everyone in the city prayed that these visions might be a good sign.

13 They murdered everyone - men and women, boys and girls; even babies were butchered.

8 Everyone agreed that the entire Jewish nation should celebrate this festival each year.

33 Judas and his men besieged the fort for four days with great enthusiasm,

40 because he thought his arrest would be a crippling blow to the Jews.

44 The crowd quickly moved back, and he fell in the space they left.

13 Judas then saw an impressive white-haired man of great dignity and authority.

26 but Judas and his men went into battle calling on God for help.

27 Every bridegroom sang a funeral song, and every bride sat mourning in her room.

36 The fort was a threat to the Temple, a constant, evil menace for Israel.

37 Innocent people were murdered around the altar; the Holy Place was defiled by murderers.

46 They were even ordered to defile the Temple and the holy things in it.

6 When Mattathias saw all the sins that were being committed in Judea and Jerusalem,

39 When Mattathias and his friends heard the news about this, they were greatly saddened

46 and circumcising by force every uncircumcised boy they found within the borders of Israel.