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A tired volunteer speaks to Judas before the waiting companions.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 3

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 3:17

    Few, Hungry and Exhausted

    A Small Force Before Great Armies · 1 Maccabees 3

    Story guide: The hungry companions question how their few men can face so many.

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    17But when they saw the camp coming to meet him, they said to Judas, “How can we, being so few, fight against so great a multitude? And we are exhausted, having gone without food today.”

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