1 Maccabees 3:48

48 and laid open the Book of the Law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.

1 Maccabees 3:48 In-Context

46 Therefore the Israelites assembled themselves together and came to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem; for in Mizpah was the place where they prayed in former time in Israel.

47 Then they fasted that day, and put on sackcloth and cast ashes upon their heads and rent their clothes,

48 and laid open the Book of the Law, wherein the heathen had sought to paint the likeness of their images.

49 They brought also the priests' garments, and the firstfruits and the tithes; and the Nazirites they stirred up, who had accomplished their days.

50 Then cried they with a loud voice toward heaven, saying, "What shall we do with these, and whither shall we carry them away?