1 Maccabees 3:48

48 And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles were consulting the images of their idols.

1 Maccabees 3:48 In-Context

46 So they assembled and went to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem, because Israel formerly had a place of prayer in Mizpah.

47 They fasted that day, put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and rent their clothes.

48 And they opened the book of the law to inquire into those matters about which the Gentiles were consulting the images of their idols.

49 They also brought the garments of the priesthood and the first fruits and the tithes, and they stirred up the Nazirites who had completed their days;

50 and they cried aloud to Heaven, saying, "What shall we do with these? Where shall we take them?