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• 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)

• I, my sons and my brothers will still follow the covenant of our ancestors. (1 Maccabees 2, 20)

• At the same time he killed the king's commissioner who was there to enforce the sacrifice, and tore down the altar. (1 Maccabees 2, 25)

• and forcibly circumcising all the boys they found uncircumcised in the territories of Israel. (1 Maccabees 2, 46)

• 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)

• Remember the deeds performed by our ancestors, each in his generation, and you will win great honour and everlasting renown. (1 Maccabees 2, 51)

• Then he blessed them and was joined to his ancestors. (1 Maccabees 2, 69)

• for victory in war does not depend on the size of the fighting force: Heaven accords the strength. (1 Maccabees 3, 19)

• to settle foreigners in all parts of their territory and to distribute their land into lots. (1 Maccabees 3, 36)

• Judas and his brothers saw that the situation was going from bad to worse and that armies were camping in their territory; they were also well aware that the king had ordered the people's total destruction. (1 Maccabees 3, 42)

• So they said to each other, 'Let us restore the ruins of our people and fight for our people and our sanctuary.' (1 Maccabees 3, 43)

• Remember how our ancestors were delivered at the Red Sea when Pharaoh was pursuing them in force. (1 Maccabees 4, 9)