4
For the temple was filled with riot and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places and, besides that, brought in things that were not lawful.
2
and to pollute also the temple in Jerusalem and to call it the temple of Jupiter Olympius, and that in Gerizim, of Jupiter the Defender of Strangers, as they desired who dwelt in the place.
3
The coming in of this evil was sore and grievous to the people.
4
For the temple was filled with riot and reveling by the Gentiles, who dallied with harlots, and had to do with women within the circuit of the holy places and, besides that, brought in things that were not lawful.
5
The altar also was filled with profane things, which the law forbiddeth.
6
Neither was it lawful for a man to keep Sabbath days or ancient feasts, or to profess himself at all to be a Jew.
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