1 Maccabees 1:46

46 to defile the sanctuary and the priests,

1 Maccabees 1:46 In-Context

44 And the king sent letters by messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah; he directed them to follow customs strange to the land,

45 to forbid burnt offerings and sacrifices and drink offerings in the sanctuary, to profane sabbaths and feasts,

46 to defile the sanctuary and the priests,

47 to build altars and sacred precincts and shrines for idols, to sacrifice swine and unclean animals,

48 and to leave their sons uncircumcised. They were to make themselves abominable by everything unclean and profane,