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27 However, Judas Maccabeus,[a] with about nine others, escaped into the wilderness, where he and his companions lived like wild animals in the hills, eating nothing but what grew wild there to avoid contracting defilement.

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  1. 2 Maccabees 5:27 Judas Maccabeus: the third son of Mattathias, of the Hasmonean family (1 Mac 2:1-28). Defilement was contracted because of taking part in customs contrary to the Mosaic Law (see 2 Mac 4:11; 1 Mac 1:48, 63).