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2 Maccabees 6:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 6:7
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
7 On the monthly celebration of the king’s birthday, the Jews[a] were taken, under bitter constraint, to partake of the sacrifices, and when a festival of Dionysus was celebrated, they were compelled to wear wreaths of ivy and to walk in the procession in honor of Dionysus.(A)
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