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Two ordinary priests sit bowed in coarse mourning clothes.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 3

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 3:51

    Priests in Mourning

    A Small Force Before Great Armies · 1 Maccabees 3

    Story guide: The prayer names the profaned holy things and the priests’ mourning.

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    51And your holy things have been trampled down and profaned, and your priests are in mourning and humiliation.

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