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In those days certain renegades came out from Israel and misled many, saying, "Let us go and make a covenant with the Gentiles around us, for since we separated from them many disasters have come upon us."
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and some of the people eagerly went to the king, who authorized them to observe the ordinances of the Gentiles.
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So they built a gymnasium in Jerusalem, according to Gentile custom,
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and removed the marks of circumcision, and abandoned the holy covenant. They joined with the Gentiles and sold themselves to do evil.
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