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2 Maccabees 6:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
2 Maccabees 6:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
5 The altar was covered with abominable offerings that were forbidden by the laws. 6 People could neither keep the sabbath, nor observe the festivals of their ancestors, nor so much as confess themselves to be Jews.
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 honour of Dionysus.
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- 2 Maccabees 6:7 Gk they
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