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2 Maccabees 14:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 14:32-34
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
32 When they declared on oath that they did not know where the man was whom he wanted, 33 he stretched out his right hand toward the sanctuary and swore this oath: “If you do not hand Judas over to me as a prisoner, I will level this shrine of God to the ground and tear down the altar and build here a splendid temple to Dionysus.”(A)
34 Having said this, he went away. Then the priests stretched out their hands toward heaven and called upon the constant Defender of our nation, in these words:(B)
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