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1 Maccabees 3:48-50
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48 They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.[a] 49 They brought with them the priestly garments, the first fruits, and the tithes; and they brought forward the nazirites[b](A) who had completed the time of their vows. 50 And they cried aloud to Heaven: “What shall we do with these, and where shall we take them?

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Footnotes

  1. 3:48 To learn…idols: favorable omens for the coming battle. A contrast is intended between the idol worship of the pagans and the consultation of the word of God by the Jews; cf. 2 Mc 8:23.
  2. 3:49 Nazirites: see note on Nm 6:2–21.
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