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1 Maccabees 13:5
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5Now 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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3And 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.
4By reason whereof all my brethren are slain for Israel’s sake, and I am left alone.
— 1 Maccabees 13:5 —
6Doubtless I will avenge my nation, and the sanctuary, and our wives, and our children: for all the heathen are gathered to destroy us of very malice.
7Now as soon as the people heard these words, their spirit revived.