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2 Maccabees 3:12
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2 Maccabees 3:12
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12 And he said[a] that it was utterly impossible that wrong should be done to those people who had trusted in the holiness of the place and in the sanctity and inviolability of the temple that is honored throughout the whole world.(A)
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- 3.12 Gk lacks And he said
2 Maccabees 5:15
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2 Maccabees 5:15
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Pillage of the Temple
15 Not content with this, Antiochus[a] dared to enter the most holy temple in all the world, guided by Menelaus, who had become a traitor both to the laws and to his country.(A)
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- 5.15 Gk he
2 Maccabees 10:1
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2 Maccabees 10:1
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Purification of the Temple
10 Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city;(A)
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