48
And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles were consulting the images of their idols.
49
They also brought the garments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the Nazirites who had completed their days;
50
and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying, "What shall we do with these? Where shall we take them?
51
Thy sanctuary is trampled down and profaned, and thy priests mourn in humiliation.
52
And behold, the Gentiles are assembled against us to destroy us; thou knowest what they plot against us.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.