Verse (Click for Chapter) New American Bible they preferred to die rather than to be defiled with food or to profane the holy covenant; and they did die. Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge And they would not break the holy law of God and they were put to death: 1 Maccabees 1:64And they hanged the children about their neck in all their houses: and those that had circumcised them, they put to death. 1 Maccabees 1:65 And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to be defiled with unclean meats: 1 Maccabees 1:67 And there was very great wrath upon the people. 1 Maccabees 2:1 In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin: Context 1 Maccabees 1…65And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to be defiled with unclean meats: 66And they would not break the holy law of God and they were put to death: 67And there was very great wrath upon the people.… Cross References 1 Maccabees 1:64 And they hanged the children about their neck in all their houses: and those that had circumcised them, they put to death. 1 Maccabees 1:65 And many of the people of Israel determined with themselves, that they would not eat unclean things: and they chose rather to die, than to be defiled with unclean meats: 1 Maccabees 1:67 And there was very great wrath upon the people. 1 Maccabees 2:1 In those days arose Mathathias, the son of John, the son of Simeon, a priest of the sons of Joarib, from Jerusalem, and he abode in the mountain of Modin: |
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