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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 7
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· Greek
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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909
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1 Maccabees 7:33
The Priests Come Out
Broken Oaths and the Fall of Nicanor · 1 Maccabees 7
Story guide: Nicanor approaches Mount Zion, where priests and elders greet him and gesture toward the offering before the intact sanctuary.
Open this scene in the reader →33And after these words Nikanor went up to Mount Zion, and some of the priests came out from the sanctuary, and some of the elders of the people, to greet him peaceably and to show him the burnt offering that was being offered for the king.
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