1 Maccabees 3:59
“For it is better for vs to die in battell, then to behold the calamities of our people, and our Sanctuarie.”
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1 Maccabees 3:59 Context
57So the campe remooued, and pitched vpon the South side of Emmaus. 58And Iudas sayde, Arme your selues, and be valiant men, and see that ye be in readinesse against the morning, that yee may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against vs, to destroy vs and our Sanctuarie. 59For it is better for vs to die in battell, then to behold the calamities of our people, and our Sanctuarie. 60Neuerthelesse, as the will [of God] is in heauen, so let him doe.
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For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.
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