3 Maccabees 2:26-28

Revised Standard Version

²⁶ He was not content with his uncounted licentious deeds, but he also continued with such audacity that he framed evil reports in the various localities; and many of his friends, intently observing the king’s purpose, themselves also followed his will. ²⁷ He proposed to inflict public disgrace upon the Jewish community,^[a] and he set up a stone^[b] on the tower in the courtyard with this inscription: ²⁸ “None of those who do not sacrifice shall enter their sanctuaries, and all Jews shall be subjected to a registration involving poll tax and to the status of slaves. Those who object to this are to be taken by force and put to death;