7
And on the day of the king's birth, every month they were brought under bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy.
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.
7
And on the day of the king's birth, every month they were brought under bitter constraint to eat of the sacrifices; and when the feast of Bacchus was kept, the Jews were compelled to go in procession to Bacchus, carrying ivy.
8
Moreover, by the suggestion of Ptolemy, there went out a decree to the neighboring cities of the heathen against the Jews: that they should observe the same customs and be partakers of their sacrifices;
9
and whoso would not conform themselves to the manners of the Gentiles should be put to death. Then might a man have seen the present misery.
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