"SCHEDULE FOR SALE OF CAPTIVES.
| One able-bodied Jew | 2 | shekels. |
| One male child (sound) | 3 | " |
| One woman (married) | 2 | " |
| One woman (virgin) | 4 | " |
"Purchasers guaranteed protection while returning to Antioch, Tyre, Sidon, Berytus, Damascus, and to the mines within the King's domain.
"By order of the King.
"GORGIAS, Commandant."
"But now they have changed," said Caleb. "Now they are wailing."
"Yes, Simon, son of Mattathias, has piled together all the tithes of fruits, which the men have brought, and they are begging the Lord with tears to accept them, though they have no altar on which to put the offering."
"I hear the words they are saying," said Caleb. "'Lord, Lord, what shall we do with these things since the heathen have broken down thine altars?' Shall we go and pray with them, sister?"
"Let us pray here," said Deborah.