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And he commanded the holy places to be profaned, and the holy people of Israel.
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And he commanded altars to be built, and temples, and idols, and swine's flesh to be immolated, and unclean beasts.
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And that they should leave their children uncircumcised, and let their souls be defiled with all uncleannesses, and abominations, to the end that they should forget the law, and should change all the justifications of God.
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And that whosoever would not do according to the word of king Antiochus should be put to death.
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According to all these words he wrote to his whole kingdom, and he appointed rulers over the people that should force them to do these things.
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And they commanded the cities of Juda to sacrifice.
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Then many of the people were gathered to them that had forsaken the law of the Lord: and they committed evils in the land:
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And they drove away the people of Israel into lurking holes, and into the secret places of fugitives.
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On the fifteenth day of the month Casleu, in the hundred and forty-fifth year, king Antiochus set up the abominable idol of desolation upon the altar of God, and they built altars throughout all the cities of Juda round about:
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And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses, and in the streets.
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And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God: