1 Maccabees 1:50 Context

⁴⁸That they should also leaue their children vncircumcised, and make their soules abominable with all maner of vncleannesse, and prophanation: ⁴⁹To the end they might forget the Law, and change all the ordinances. ⁵⁰And whosoeuer would not doe according to the commandement of the king [he said] he should die. ⁵¹In the selfe same maner wrote he to his whole kingdome, and appointed ouerseers ouer all the people, commanding the cities of Iuda to sacrifice, citie by citie. ⁵²Then many of the people were gathered vnto them, to wit, euery one that forsooke the Lawe, and so they committed euils in the land:

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