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3 Maccabees 5:3-5
Common English Bible
3 Maccabees 5:3-5
Common English Bible
3 When Ptolemy had given these commands, he went back to his partying, having gathered those of his friends and of the army who were especially hostile toward the Jews. 4 But Hermon the elephant keeper promptly began to carry out the orders. 5 The servants in charge of the Jews went out in the evening, bound the hands of those enduring this distress, and arranged for their continued custody through the night. They expected that the entire race would come to a ruinous end.
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