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And by such a law it happened that Menelaus the transgressor of the law was put to death: not having so much as burial in the earth.
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And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes.
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But the king, with his mind full of rage, came on to shew himself worse to the Jews than his father was.
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Which, when Judas understood, he commanded the people to call upon the Lord day and night, that as he had always done, so now also he would help them:
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Because they were afraid to be deprived of the law, and of their country, and of the holy temple: and that he would not suffer the people, that had of late taken breath for a little while, to be again in subjection to blasphemous nations.