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Simon surveys ordinary volunteers assembled with packs, wooden round shields and upright spears.
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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 5:20

    The Forces Assigned

    Rescue Across Galilee and Gilead · 1 Maccabees 5

    Story guide: Simon surveys his gathered volunteers, while Judas and Jonathan prepare their separate contingent for the eastern mission.

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    20And three thousand men were assigned to Simon to go into Galilee, but eight thousand men to Judas into Gilead.

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