1 Maccabees 1:43-45

New Catholic Bible

⁴³ and many among the Israelites adopted his religion, sacrificing to idols and profaning the Sabbath.

⁴⁴ The king also sent messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with edicts commanding them to adopt practices that were foreign to their country: ⁴⁵ to prohibit holocausts, sacrifices, and libations in the sanctuary, to profane the Sabbaths and feast days,