1 Maccabees 1:44
“For the king had sent letters by messengers vnto Ierusalem, and the cities of Iuda, that they should follow the strange lawes of the land,”
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1 Maccabees 1:44 Context
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: 46And pollute the Sanctuarie and holy people:
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For the king had sent letters by messengers unto Jerusalem and the cities of Juda that they should follow the strange laws of the land,
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