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LXX

1 Maccabees 5:20

Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.

Parallel Translations

LXX2012View canonical →
Now to Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and to Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.
Septuagint in American English (2012)
KJVView canonical →
Now unto Simon were given three thousand men to go into Galilee, and unto Judas eight thousand men for the country of Galaad.
King James Version
WEBView canonical →
Then three thousand men were assigned to go into Galilee with Simon, but eight thousand men were assigned to Judas to go into the land of Gilead.
World English Bible
GNV1560View canonical →
And vnto Simon were giuen thre thousand men to go into Galile, and to Iudas eight thousand men for the countrey of Galaad.
Geneva Bible (1560) Apocrypha