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47 That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments. 48 They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.[a] 49 They brought with them the priestly garments, the first fruits, and the tithes; and they brought forward the nazirites[b](A) who had completed the time of their vows.

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Footnotes

  1. 3:48 To learn…idols: favorable omens for the coming battle. A contrast is intended between the idol worship of the pagans and the consultation of the word of God by the Jews; cf. 2 Mc 8:23.
  2. 3:49 Nazirites: see note on Nm 6:2–21.