1 Maccabees 1:57
“And wheresoeuer was found with any, the booke of the Testament, or if any consented to the Lawe, the kings commandement was, that they should put him to death.”
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1 Maccabees 1:57 Context
55And burnt incense at the doores of their houses, and in the streetes. 56And when they had rent in pieces the bookes of the Lawe which they found, they burnt them with fire. 57And wheresoeuer was found with any, the booke of the Testament, or if any consented to the Lawe, the kings commandement was, that they should put him to death. 58Thus did they by their authority, vnto the Israelites euery moneth, to as many as were found in the cities. 59Now the fiue and twentieth day of the moneth, they did sacrifice vpon the idole altar, which was vpon the Altar of God.
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And whosoever was found with any the book of the testament, or if any committed to the law, the king's commandment was, that they should put him to death.
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