4 Maccabees 17:18-20

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

¹⁸ because of which they now stand before the divine throne and live the life of eternal blessedness. ¹⁹ For Moses says, ‘All who are consecrated are under your hands.’ ²⁰ These, then, who have been consecrated for the sake of God,^[a] are honoured, not only with this honour, but also by the fact that because of them our enemies did not rule over our nation,