1 Maccabees 1:43 Context

⁴¹Moreouer king Antiochus wrote to his whole kingdome, that all should be one people, ⁴²And euery one should leaue his lawes: so all the heathen agreed, according to the commandement of the king. ⁴³Yea many also of the Israelites consented to his religion, and sacrificed vnto idols, and prophaned the Sabbath. ⁴⁴For the king had sent letters by messengers vnto Ierusalem, and the cities of Iuda, that they should follow the strange lawes of the land, ⁴⁵And forbid burnt offerings, and sacrifice, and drinke offerings in the temple; and that they should prophane the Sabbaths, and festiuall dayes:

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