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Judas, Simon and Jonathan listen to an anonymous reader holding a blank papyrus.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 5

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 5:10

    A Letter from Gilead

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: Judas, Simon, and Jonathan listen as a reader presents the letters from their threatened brothers.

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    10And they sent letters to Judas and his brothers, saying, “The nations around us have gathered together against us to destroy us,”

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