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3 Maccabees 6:16-18
Revised Standard Version
3 Maccabees 6:16-18
Revised Standard Version
Two Angels Rescue the Jews
16 Just as Elea′zar was ending his prayer, the king arrived at the hippodrome with the beasts and all the arrogance of his forces. 17 And when the Jews observed this they raised great cries to heaven so that even the nearby valleys resounded with them and brought an uncontrollable terror upon the army. 18 Then the most glorious, almighty, and true God revealed his holy face and opened the heavenly gates, from which two glorious angels of fearful aspect descended, visible to all but the Jews.
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