4 Maccabees 9:1-2

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

9 ‘Why do you delay, O tyrant? For we are ready to die rather than transgress our ancestral commandments; ²we are obviously putting our forebears to shame unless we practise ready obedience to the law and to Moses^[a] our counsellor.

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4 Maccabees 9:2 Other ancient authorities read knowledge

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