OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 2:34

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34

They said, “We won’t come out. We won’t do the word of the king, to profane the Sabbath day.”

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Verse 34. Sabbath. By sacrificing to idols, or by coming forth to fight. Bible.—They were of opinion that the latter was unlawful, and their ignorance might be excused. Menochius.

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