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Men walk away from a closed law scroll resting in the foreground.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 1

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 1:15

    Turning from the Covenant

    From Conquest to Persecution · 1 Maccabees 1

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    15and they made themselves foreskins, and turned away from the holy covenant, and yoked themselves to the nations, and sold themselves to do evil.

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