1 Maccabees 2:41-46
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41 At that time therefore they decreed, saying, Whosoever shall come to make battle with us on the sabbath day, we will fight against him; neither will we die all, as our brethren that were murdered im the secret places.
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42 Then came there unto him a company of Assideans who were mighty men of Israel, even all such as were voluntarily devoted unto the law.
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43 Also all they that fled for persecution joined themselves unto them, and were a stay unto them.
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44 So they joined their forces, and smote sinful men in their anger, and wicked men in their wrath: but the rest fled to the heathen for succour.
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45 Then Mattathias and his friends went round about, and pulled down the altars:
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46 And what children soever they found within the coast of Israel uncircumcised, those they circumcised valiantly.