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2 Maccabees 15:4-6
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
2 Maccabees 15:4-6
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
4 And when they declared, “It is the living Lord himself, the Sovereign in heaven, who ordered us to observe the seventh day,” 5 he replied, “And I am a sovereign also, on earth, and I command you to take up arms and finish the king’s business.” Nevertheless, he did not succeed in carrying out his abominable design.
Judas Prepares the Jews for Battle
6 This Nica′nor in his utter boastfulness and arrogance had determined to erect a public monument of victory over Judas and his men.
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Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition (RSVCE)
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