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Thus there was an extreme of hellenization, and an advance of a foreign religion, by reason of the exceeding profaneness of Jason, who was an ungodly man and not a high priest;
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Verse 13. Now. Greek “Thus it was the height of hellenism, and the increase of foreign customs through,” and so forth—No priest. He did not deserve the title, though he was really a descendant of Aaron. Greek “not high priest.” Bible.
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