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2 Maccabees 4:17-19
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 4:17-19
Revised Standard Version
17 For it is no light thing to show irreverence to the divine laws—a fact which later events will make clear.
Jason Introduces Greek Customs
18 When the quadrennial games were being held at Tyre and the king was present, 19 the vile Jason sent envoys, chosen as being Antioch′ian citizens from Jerusalem, to carry three hundred silver drachmas for the sacrifice to Her′cules. Those who carried the money, however, thought best not to use it for sacrifice, because that was inappropriate, but to expend it for another purpose.
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