1 Maccabees 2:27-30
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27 And Mattathias cried throughout the city with a loud voice, saying, Whosoever is zealous of the law, and maintaineth the covenant, let him follow me.
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28 So he and his sons fled into the mountains, and left all that ever they had in the city.
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29 Then many that sought after justice and judgment went down into the wilderness, to dwell there:
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30 Both they, and their children, and their wives; and their cattle; because afflictions increased sore upon them.