OLD TESTAMENT

2 Maccabees 8:28

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28

After the Sabbath, when they had given some of the spoils to the maimed, and to the widows and orphans, they distributed the rest among themselves and their children.

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Verse 28. Widows. Judas follows the spirit rather than the letter of the law. Numbers 31:27. Deuteronomy 14:29.

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Or, wounded Greek shamefully handled.

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