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The same three men lean into a close discussion from an overhead viewpoint.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 5

The available numbered POB Greek working edition, retaining each record’s declared source edition and notes. Artwork interprets this book’s account. Appearance, clothing and staging are interpretive; material from 2 Maccabees is not imported.

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 5:2

    Plotting Against the People

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: The men confer against the people, and an abandoned cloak recalls the deaths that follow.

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    2And they were plotting to remove the offspring of Jacob who were among them, and they began to kill and wipe out those among the people.

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