3 Maccabees 2:14-16

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¹⁴ In our downfall this audacious and profane man undertakes to violate the holy place on earth dedicated to your glorious name.^{(A) 15} For your dwelling is the heaven of heavens, unapproachable by human beings.^{(B) 16} But because you were pleased that your glory should dwell among your people Israel, you sanctified this place.^(C)