1 Maccabees 3:46-48

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴⁶ And they assembled together, and came to Maspha over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.

⁴⁷ And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:

⁴⁸ And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols: