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and gave them exhortation, saying, Ye yourselves know what great things I and my brethren and my father's house have done for the laws and the sanctuary, the battles also and troubles which we have seen.
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By reason thereof all my brethren are slain for Israel's sake, and I am left alone.
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Now therefore be it far from me that I should spare mine own life in any time of trouble, for I am no better than my brethren.
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Doubtless I will avenge my nation and the sanctuary and our wives and our children, for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us out of veritable malice.
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Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.