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4 Maccabees 17:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 17:9-11
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
9 “Here lie buried an aged priest and an aged woman and seven children because of the violence of the tyrant who wished to destroy the way of life of the Hebrews. 10 They vindicated their nation, looking to God and enduring torture even to death.”
11 Truly the contest in which they were engaged was divine,
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