## The Book of Maccabees I Chapter 3

###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:1
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:1)

ויקם יהודה המכבי תחת מתתיהו אביו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then his son Judas, called Maccabeus, rose up in his stead.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:2
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:2)

וכל אחיו וכל ההולכים אחרי אביו באו לעזרתו, ויסעו ביד רמה להלחם באויביהם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And all his brethren helped him, and so did all they that held with his father, and they fought with cheerfulness the battle of Israel.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:3
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:3)

ויהי כי-שינס כגבר חלציו וייסך על עמו בחרבו ובקשתו, וינחל כבוד וגדולה ליעקב.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he gat his people great honour, and put on a breastplate as a giant, and girt his warlike harness about him, and he made battles, protecting the host with his sword.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:4
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:4)

מהיר במלאכתו כליש ביער, ודמיונו כאריה שואג לטרף.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
In his acts he was like a lion, and like a lion’s whelp roaring for his prey.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:5
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:5)

רדף בזעם את זועמי עמו, ואש נשקו נשקה בעוכרימו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
For He pursued the wicked, and sought them out, and burnt up those that vexed his people.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:6
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:6](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:6)

פחדו ורגזו הזדים מפחדו, ופועלי עוולה יחדו נאלחו, כי תשועת עמו צלחה בימינו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore the wicked shrunk for fear of him, and all the workers of iniquity were troubled, because salvation prospered in his hand.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:7
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:7](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:7)

מלכי לאומים שמעו וירגזון, ויעקב שמח ועלז במעשיו, על כן זיכרו לברכה עד עולם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
He grieved also many kings, and made Jacob glad with his acts, and his memorial is blessed for ever.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:8
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:8](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:8)

ויעבור בכל ערי יהודה ויכרת כל רשעי ארץ, ויסר חרון אף ה' מישראל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Moreover he went through the cities of Juda, destroying the ungodly out of them, and turning away wrath from Israel:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:9
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:9](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:9)

ויגדל שמו בקרב הארץ וכל עשוק ורצוץ נקבצו אליו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So that he was renowned unto the utmost part of the earth, and he received unto him such as were ready to perish.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:10
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:10](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:10)

ואפלוניוס הזעיק עם רב ועצום מן הגויים ומאנשי שמרון לצאת בחרב לקראת ישראל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then Apollonius gathered the Gentiles together, and a great host out of Samaria, to fight against Israel.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:11
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:11](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:11)

וישמע יהודה ויסע לקראתו, ויכהו וימיתהו ויפלו חללים רבים, והשרידים ברחו לנפשם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Which thing when Judas perceived, he went forth to meet him, and so he smote him, and slew him: many also fell down slain, but the rest fled.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:12
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:12](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:12)

וישלול את שללם ויחגור את חרב אפלוניוס ותהי לו לחרב נוקמת כל הימים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore Judas took their spoils, and Apollonius’ sword also, and therewith he fought all his life long.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:13
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:13](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:13)

וישמע סירון שר צבא ארם כי נאספו כל יראי ה' אל יהודה, וכי נקבצו אליו עם רב למלחמה, ויאמר.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when Seron, a prince of the army of Syria, heard say that Judas had gathered unto him a multitude and company of the faithful to go out with him to war; He said,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:14
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:14](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:14)

אכבדה ביהודה ובעמו ובכל בוזי דבר המלך, לעשות לי שם בארץ

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
I will get me a name and honour in the kingdom; for I will go fight with Judas and them that are with him, who despise the king’s commandment.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:15
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:15](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:15)

ויאסור את רכבו, וחיל כבד מן הגויים עלו אתו להינקם בישראל, ויבוא עד מעלה בית חורון.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he made him ready to go up, and there went with him a mighty host of the ungodly to help him, and to be avenged of the children of Israel. And when he came near to the going up of Bethhoron,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:16
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:16](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:16)

ויהודה יצא אך במתי מעט לקראתם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Judas went forth to meet him with a small company:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:17
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:17](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:17)

ויהי בראותם את מחנה האויבים, ויאמרו הנה אנחנו יוצאים במתי מעט, ונפשנו יבשה מבלי אוכל, ואיך נעמוד לפני החיל הנורא הזה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Who, when they saw the host coming to meet them, said unto Judas, How shall we be able, being so few, to fight against so great a multitude and so strong, seeing we are ready to faint with fasting all this day?


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:18
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:18](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:18)

ויען יהודה ויאמר: היד ה' תקצר לתת רבים ביד מעטים, ואם יש מעצור לו להושיע ברב או במעט.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Unto whom Judas answered, It is no hard matter for many to be shut up in the hands of a few; and with the God of heaven it is all one, to deliver with a great multitude, or a small company:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:19
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:19](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:19)

הן לה' התשועה, ורוב חיל לא ימלט.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
For the victory of battle standeth not in the multitude of an host; but strength cometh from heaven.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:20
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:20](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:20)

הם בוטחים על המונם ועל רוב חילם להשמידנו עם נשינו וטפנו ולבוז את שללינו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
They come against us in much pride and iniquity to destroy us, and our wives and children, and to spoil us:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:21
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:21](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:21)

ואנחנו נעמוד על נפשנו להילחם בעד חיינו ותורתנו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
But we fight for our lives and our laws.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:22
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:22](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:22)

לכן אל תיראון ואל תעצרון מפניהם, כי השמד ישמידם ה' לעינינו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore the Lord himself will overthrow them before our face: and as for you, be ye not afraid of them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:23
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:23](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:23)

ויהי ככלותו לדבר ויפול בחתף עליהם, בטרם ידעו בבואו, ויך את סירון ואת עמו לפי חרב.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now as soon as he had left off speaking, he leapt suddenly upon them, and so Seron and his host was overthrown before him.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:24
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:24](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:24)

וירדפם ממורד בית חורון עד הערבה, ויפלו מהם שמונה מאות איש, והנשארים נסו אל ארץ פלשתים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And they pursued them from the going down of Bethhoron unto the plain, where were slain about eight hundred men of them; and the residue fled into the land of the Philistines.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:25
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:25](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:25)

ותיפול פחד יהודה ואחיו על כל העמים מסביב, ויספרו בגויים את מעשי יהודה הגדולים ויגיעו עד אזני המלך.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then began the fear of Judas and his brethren, and an exceeding great dread, to fall upon the nations round about them: Insomuch as his fame came unto the king, and all nations talked of the battles of Judas.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:26
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:26](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:26)

ויהי כשמוע אנטיוכוס את הדברים האלה ותבער כאש חמתו וישלח בכל מדינות מלכותו ויזעק חיל גדול ועצום מאוד.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when king Antiochus heard these things, he was full of indignation: wherefore he sent and gathered together all the forces of his realm, even a very strong army.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:27
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:27](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:27)

ויפתח את אוצרו וייתן לכל צבאו שכר שנה תמימה, ויצוום להיות נכונים יום יום.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
He opened also his treasure, and gave his soldiers pay for a year, commanding them to be ready whensoever he should need them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:28
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:28](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:28)

וירא כי לא מצאה ידו די כסף, וכי מעטו תרומות העם, יען כי פרוע הוא על דבר השערורייה אשר עשה בקרבו נגד דתי הארץ הקדמוניות.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Nevertheless, when he saw that the money of his treasures failed and that the tributes in the country were small, because of the dissension and plague, which he had brought upon the land in taking away the laws which had been of old time;


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:29
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:29](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:29)

ויירא פן תכבד עליו העבודה מנשוא כפעם בפעם, יען כי פיזר שכר ומתן מכל המלכים לפניו, ויתעצב אל לבו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
He feared that he should not be able to bear the charges any longer, nor to have such gifts to give so liberally as he did before: for he had abounded above the kings that were before him. Wherefore, being greatly perplexed in his mind,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:30
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:30](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:30)

ויוועץ ללכת אל ארץ פרס להרים את התרומות, למען הרבות לו כסף.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
he determined to go into Persia, there to take the tributes of the countries, and to gather much money.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:31
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:31](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:31)

ויישאר אחריו איש מזרע המלוכה ושמו ליזיאש, וישם אותו לפקיד על כל הארץ מנהר פרת ועד קצה ארץ מצרים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So he left Lysias, a nobleman, and one of the blood royal, to oversee the affairs of the king from the river Euphrates unto the borders of Egypt:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:32
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:32](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:32)

ואת בנו אנטיוכוס הפקיד על ידו לגדלו ולחנכו עד שובו מארץ נכריה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And to bring up his son Antiochus, until he came again.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:33
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:33](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:33)

ויחלק לו את מחצית החיל, ואת מחצית השנהבים, ויצווהו על כל אודותיו ועל כל ארץ יהודה וירושלים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Moreover he delivered unto him the half of his forces, and the elephants, and gave him charge of all things that he would have done, as also concerning them that dwelt in Juda and Jerusalem:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:34
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:34](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:34)

לשלוח אנשי צבא לקראתם ולהשמיד ולהכרית את שארית יהודה וירושלים, ולמחות זכרם מתחת השמים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
To wit, that he should send an army against them, to destroy and root out the strength of Israel, and the remnant of Jerusalem, and to take away their memorial from that place;


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:35
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:35](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:35)

ויצווה להושיב גויים בקרבה, ולחלק את הארץ בגורל לכל בני הנכר.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And that he should place strangers in all their quarters, and divide their land by lot.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:36
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:36](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:36)

ויהי בשנת שבע וארבעים ומאה וייקח המלך את מחצית כל חילו ויסע מאנטוכיא הבירה, ויעבור את נהר פרת לעלות אל הארצות העליונות.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So the king took the half of the forces that remained, and departed from Antioch, his royal city, the hundred forty and seventh year; and having passed the river Euphrates, he went through the high countries.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:37
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:37](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:37)

ויבחר לו ליזיאש מנכבדי הארץ ומקרובי המלך את תלמי בן דורימון ואת נקנור ואת גורגיאש.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then Lysias chose Ptolemee the son of Dorymenes, Nicanor, and Gorgias, mighty men of the king’s friends:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:38
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:38](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:38)

ויחלק להם ארבעים אלף איש רגלי, ושבעת אלפים פרשים, וישלחם אל ארץ יהודה לשחתה, כאשר ציוה המלך

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And with them he sent forty thousand footmen, and seven thousand horsemen, to go into the land of Juda, and to destroy it, as the king commanded.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:39
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:39](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:39)

ויהי בנוסעם עם כל המחנה הזה, ויחנו ראשונה בערבה אשר על יד אמה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So they went forth with all their power, and came and pitched by Emmaus in the plain country.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:40
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:40](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:40)

ויוודע הדבר לסוחרי הארץ מסביב, ויבואו אל המחנה וכסף רב בידם, לקנות את שבויי העברים לעבדים, ויילוו אליהם עם רב מארם ומגויי הארץ מסביב.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And the merchants of the country, hearing the fame of them, took silver and gold very much, with servants, and came into the camp to buy the children of Israel for slaves: a power also of Syria and of the land of the Philistines joined themselves unto them.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:41
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:41](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:41)

וירא יהודה ואחיו כי הקצף הולך וגדל, וכי קרב הצר אל קצה גבולי הארץ, וגם שמעו את דבר המלך אשר אמר להכריתם מגוי.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now when Judas and his brethren saw that miseries were multiplied, and that the forces did encamp themselves in their borders: for they knew how the king had given commandment to destroy the people, and utterly abolish them;


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:42
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:42](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:42)

ויאמרו איש אל אחיו, הבה נעמוד בפרץ עמנו ונלחמה בעד נפשנו ומקדשנו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
They said one to another, Let us restore the decayed fortune of our people, and let us fight for our people and the sanctuary.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:43
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:43](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:43)

וייקהלו קהל גדול ויחלצו למלחמה, ויתחננו אל ה' לתת להם ישועה ורחמים.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then was the congregation gathered together, that they might be ready for battle, and that they might pray, and ask mercy and compassion.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:44
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:44](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:44)

והעיר ירושלים הייתה שממה מאין יושב אין יוצא ואין בא מכל בניה, ומקדש ה' מחולל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Now Jerusalem lay void as a wilderness, there was none of her children that went in or out: the sanctuary also was trodden down,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:45
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:45](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:45)

המצודה הייתה למושב זרים, וכל כבוד גלה מיעקב, קול חליל וכינור לא נשמע בכל הארץ.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
and aliens kept the strong hold; the heathen had their habitation in that place; and joy was taken from Jacob, and the pipe with the harp ceased.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:46
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:46](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:46)

ויתקבץ העם במצפה מול ירושלים, כי מצפה לפנים מקום תפילה לישראל.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Wherefore the Israelites assembled themselves together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem; for in Maspha was the place where they prayed aforetime in Israel.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:47
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:47](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:47)

ויצומו ביום ההוא וילבשו שק ויעלו עפר על ראשם ויקרעו את בגדיהם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth, and cast ashes upon their heads, and rent their clothes,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:48
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:48](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:48)

ויפרשו את ספרי תורת ה' אשר חפשו אותם הגויים להתוות בם את פסילי גילוליהם, וגם את פארי הכהונה הביאו שמה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And laid open the book of the law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:49
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:49](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:49)

ואת המעשרות ואת הביכורים ואת הנזירים אשר מלאו את ימי נזרם.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
They brought also the priests’ garments, and the firstfruits, and the tithes: and the Nazarites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:50
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:50](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:50)

ויצעקו בקול בכי אל ה' אלוהים ויאמרו: אהה אנה נפלט את אלה היום.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:51
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:51](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:51)

הן מקדשך לטמאה וכוהניך נרדפו וילבשו בושת.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
For thy sanctuary is trodden down and profaned, and thy priests are in heaviness, and brought low.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:52
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:52](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:52)

כל העמים כולם קמו עלינו לכלותנו, ולא נכחד ממך את אשר יזמו לעשות.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And lo, the heathen are assembled together against us to destroy us: what things they imagine against us, thou knowest.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:53
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:53](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:53)

איככה נעמוד לפניהם אם לא תושיענו ימינך.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
How shall we be able to stand against them, except thou, O God, be our help?


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:54
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:54](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:54)

ויצווה יהודה ויתקעו בשופרות ויריעו תרועה, ויתן ראשים על העם שרי מאות ושרי חמישים ושרי עשרות.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Then sounded they with trumpets, and cried with a loud voice.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:55
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:55](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:55)

ויעבר קול במחנה לאמור: מי האיש אשר בנה בית חדש ולא חנכו, או ארש אשה ולא לקחה, או נטע כרם ולא חללו, או איש אשר ירך לבבו - ילך וישוב לביתו, ככתוב בספר תורת ה'.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And after this Judas ordained captains over the people, even captains over thousands, and over hundreds, and over fifties, and over tens. But as for such as were building houses, or had betrothed wives, or were planting vineyards, or were fearful, those he commanded that they should return, every man to his own house, according to the law.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:56
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:56](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:56)

ואחרי כן נסעו ויטו את אוהליהם מנגד לאמה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
So the camp removed, and pitched upon the south side of Emmaus.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:57
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:57](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:57)

וידבר יהודה אל העם לאמור.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
And Judas said, arm yourselves, and be valiant men,


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:58
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:58](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:58)

התקדשו למחר והיו לבני חיל להלחם באויביכם אשר התקבצו להכריתנו ולאבד את מקדשנו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
and see that ye be in readiness against the morning, that ye may fight with these nations, that are assembled together against us to destroy us and our sanctuary:


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:59
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:59](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:59)

כי טוב לנו למות במלחמה, מראות ברע אשר ימצא את עמנו ואת מקדשנו.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
For it is better for us to die in battle, than to behold the calamities of our people and our sanctuary.


###### The Book of Maccabees I 3:60
[The Book of Maccabees I 3:60](https://torahapp.org/share/book/The%20Book%20of%20Maccabees%20I/r/3:60)

וה' אלוהים את הטוב בעיניו יעשה.

**Brenton's Septuagint -- updated:**
Nevertheless, as the will of God is in heaven, so let him do.