1 Maccabees 2:27

27 And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, "Whosoever is zealous for the law and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me!"

1 Maccabees 2:27 In-Context

25 Also the king's commissioner, who compelled men to sacrifice, he killed at that time, and the altar he pulled down.

26 Thus dealt he zealously for the law of God as Phinehas did unto Zimri the son of Salu.

27 And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, "Whosoever is zealous for the law and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me!"

28 So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that ever they had in the city.

29 Then many who sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness to dwell there,