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while an official kept calling out, "Obey the king's orders!"
5
But Eleazar was dignified and generous. He experienced the truth of his name and seemed like a person being tortured only in a dream. He didn't change his resolve in any way.
6
The old man kept his eyes raised toward heaven while the whips tore into his flesh, ripped his sides, and made his blood flow.
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His body fell to the ground because it couldn't stand the pain, but he kept his thinking upright and unbending.
8
One of the cruel guards rushed up to him and started kicking him in his side to make him stand up again.