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3 Maccabees 6:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Maccabees 6:14-16
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
14 The whole throng of infants and their parents entreat you with tears. 15 Let it be shown to all the nations that you are with us, O Lord, and have not turned your face from us, but just as you said, ‘Not even when they were in the land of their enemies did I neglect them,’ so accomplish it, O Lord.”(A)
Two Angels Rescue the Jews
16 Just as Eleazar was ending his prayer, the king arrived at the hippodrome with the animals and all the arrogance of his forces.
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