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• How blessed the nation of whom this is true, blessed the nation whose God is Yahweh! (Psalms 144, 15)

• For no other nation has he done this, no other has known his judgements. (Psalms 147, 20)

• So he advanced to the ends of the earth, plundering nation after nation; the earth grew silent before him, and his ambitious heart swelled with pride. (1 Maccabees 1, 3)

• The king then issued a proclamation to his whole kingdom that all were to become a single people, each nation renouncing its particular customs. (1 Maccabees 1, 41)

• Is there a nation that has not claimed a share of her royal prerogatives, that has not taken some of her spoils? (1 Maccabees 2, 10)

• Raising his voice, Mattathias retorted, 'Even if every nation living in the king's dominions obeys him, each forsaking its ancestral religion to conform to his decrees, (1 Maccabees 2, 19)

• Phinehas, our father, in return for his burning zeal, received the covenant of everlasting priesthood. (1 Maccabees 2, 54)

• 'Here is your brother Simeon, I know he is a man of sound judgement. Listen to him all your lives; let him take your father's place. (1 Maccabees 2, 65)

• All his brothers, and all who had attached themselves to his father, supported him, and they fought for Israel with a will. (1 Maccabees 3, 2)

• Better for us to die in battle than to watch the ruin of our nation and our Holy Place. (1 Maccabees 3, 59)

• We were content to serve your father, to comply with his orders, and to obey his edicts. (1 Maccabees 6, 23)

• Let us offer the hand of friendship to these men and make peace with them and with their whole nation. (1 Maccabees 6, 58)