4 Maccabees 17:18-20

Revised Standard Version

¹⁸ because of which they now stand before the divine throne and live through blessed eternity. 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 honored, not only with this honor, but also by the fact that because of them our enemies did not rule over our nation,