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1 Maccabees 3:18-20
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 3:18-20
New Catholic Bible
18 But Judas replied, “It is easy for many to be defeated by a few. In the sight of Heaven,[a] there is no distinction between deliverance by many and deliverance by a few. 19 Victory in war does not depend upon the size of the fighting force, but rather upon the strength that comes from Heaven. 20 Our enemies have come against us in a display of insolence and lawlessness to destroy us and our wives and our children, and to plunder us.
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- 1 Maccabees 3:18 In late Judaism, it was customary to avoid naming Yahweh: at the time of the Persians, the expression “God of heaven” was used. In the period that interests us, the name Heaven is used in the same sense. This discretion was inspired by respect toward the one God.
