66
Judas Maccabaeus has been strong and mighty from his youth. He shall be your captain and shall fight the battle of the people.
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Verse 66. People. Order is peculiarly requisite in all things, so here the proper persons are chosen, to whom each must submit in their sphere. Worthington.—Mathathias speaks as chief of the nation. Calmet.—Judas was his eldest son, and Simon the fourth. Jos. seder. and so forth
Some ancient authorities read you shall fight.
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