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4 Maccabees 5:13-15
Revised Standard Version
4 Maccabees 5:13-15
Revised Standard Version
13 For consider this, that if there is some power watching over this religion of yours, it will excuse you from any transgression that arises out of compulsion.”
14 When the tyrant urged him in this fashion to eat meat unlawfully, Elea′zar asked to have a word. 15 When he had received permission to speak, he began to address the people as follows:
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