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for he stands at the side of the poor, to save their lives from those who sit in judgement on them. (Psalms 109, 31)
and said to one another, 'If we all do as our brothers have done, and refuse to fight the gentiles for our lives and institutions, they will only destroy us the sooner from the earth.' (1 Maccabees 2, 40)
This is the time, my children, for you to have a burning zeal for the Law and to give your lives for the covenant of our ancestors. (1 Maccabees 2, 50)
'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)
but we are fighting for our lives and our laws, (1 Maccabees 3, 21)
Joseph and Azariah were routed and pursued as far as the frontiers of Judaea. That day about two thousand Israelites lost their lives. (1 Maccabees 5, 60)
His men tried to dissuade him, declaring, 'We have no strength for anything but to escape with our lives this time; then we can come back with our brothers to fight them; by ourselves we are too few.' (1 Maccabees 9, 9)
Jonathan said to his men, 'Up! Let us fight for our lives, for today it is not as in the old days. (1 Maccabees 9, 44)
and when their pursuers saw that they would fight for their lives, they turned back. (1 Maccabees 12, 51)
Maccabaeus himself was the first to take up his weapons, and he urged the rest to risk their lives with him in support of their brothers; so they sallied out resolutely, as one man. (2 Maccabees 11, 7)
in the course of the ensuing battle a few Jews lost their lives. (2 Maccabees 12, 34)
But when they found on each of the dead men, under their tunics, objects dedicated to the idols of Jamnia, which the Law prohibits to Jews, it became clear to everyone that this was why these men had lost their lives. (2 Maccabees 12, 40)
