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There were letters sent long ago to Onias the high priest from Arius who reigned then among you, to signify that you are our brethren, as the copy here underwritten doth specify. (1 Maccabees 12, 7)
We therefore at all times without ceasing, both in our festivals, and other days, wherein it is convenient, remember you in the sacrifices that we offer, and in our observances, as it is meet, and becoming to remember brethren. (1 Maccabees 12, 11)
It is found in writing concerning the Spartans, and the Jews, that they are brethren, and that they are of the stock of Abraham. (1 Maccabees 12, 21)
And exhorted them, saying: You know what great battles I and my brethren, and the house of my father, have fought for the laws, and the sanctuary, and the distresses that we have seen: (1 Maccabees 13, 3)
By reason whereof all my brethren have lost their lives for Israel's sake, and I am left alone. (1 Maccabees 13, 4)
And now far be it from me to spare my life in any time of trouble: for I am not better than my brethren. (1 Maccabees 13, 5)
And Simon built over the sepulchre of his father and of his brethren, a building lofty to the sight, of polished stone behind and before: (1 Maccabees 13, 27)
And he set up seven pyramids one against another for his father and his mother, and his four brethren: (1 Maccabees 13, 28)
They wrote to him in tables of brass, to renew the friendship and alliance which they had made with Judas, and with Jonathan his brethren. (1 Maccabees 14, 18)
The princes and the cities of the Spartans to Simon the high priest, and to the ancients, and the priests, and the rest of the people of the Jews their brethren, greeting. (1 Maccabees 14, 20)
For he hath restored his brethren, and hath driven away in fight the enemies of Israel from them: and they decreed him liberty, and registered it in tables of brass, and set it upon pillars in mount Sion. (1 Maccabees 14, 26)
And Simon the son of Mathathias of the children of Jarib, and his brethren have put themselves in danger, and have resisted the enemies of their nation, for the maintenance of their holy places, and the law: and have raised their nation to great glory. (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
