11 In those days transgressors of the law came out of Israel and persuaded many, saying, “Let’s go make a covenant with the Gentiles around us; for since we were separated from them many evils have befallen us.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 1:11
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1 Maccabees 1:14–16
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1 Maccabees 1:51–53
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1 Maccabees 5:9–11
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1 Maccabees 9:22–24
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1 Maccabees 3:9–11
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1 Maccabees 12:52–53
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2 Maccabees 6:1–2
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