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1 Maccabees 2:27-29
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 2:27-29
New Catholic Bible
27 Then Mattathias advanced through the town, shouting: “Let everyone who is zealous for the law and who stands by the covenant come with me!” 28 Then he and his sons fled to the hills, leaving behind in the town everything that they possessed. 29 Many of the people who desired to live in accordance with justice and the law went down to the desert[a] and settled there,
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- 1 Maccabees 2:29 The desert refers to the wilderness of Judea, southward from Jerusalem and west of the Dead Sea, where one could easily find hiding places in grottoes and caves.
