1 Maccabees 1:57-59

Common English Bible

⁵⁷ If anyone was caught in possession of a copy of the covenant scroll or if anyone kept to the Law, that person was condemned to death by royal decree. ⁵⁸ They were unrelenting in attacking Israelites, all those who were identified as law-observant month after month throughout the towns. ⁵⁹ On the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar built over the altar for entirely burned offerings.