1 Maccabees 1:45-47

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴⁵ And many of Israel consented to his service, and they sacrificed to idols, and profaned the sabbath.

⁴⁶ And the king sent letters by the hands of messengers to Jerusalem, and to all the cities of Juda: that they should follow the law of the nations of the earth,

⁴⁷ And should forbid holocausts and sacrifices, and atonements to be made in the temple of God.