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Then Mattathias answered and spoke with a loud voice: "Though all the nations that are under the king's dominion obey him, and fall away every one from the religion of their fathers, and give consent to his commandments,
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yet will I and my sons and my brethren walk in the covenant of our fathers.
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God forbid that we should forsake the law and the ordinances.
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We will not hearken to the king's words, to go from our religion either on the right hand or the left."
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Now when he had left off speaking these words, there came one of the Jews in the sight of all to sacrifice on the altar which was at Modin, according to the king's commandment.
Third Millennium Bible (TMB), New Authorized Version, Copyright 1998 by Deuel Enterprises, Inc., Gary, SD 57237. All rights reserved.