1 Maccabees 3:48-50

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁸ They unrolled the scroll of the law, seeking therein the guidance for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their gods. ⁴⁹ They also carried with them the priestly vestments and the firstfruits and the tithes, and they brought forth the Nazirites^[a] who had completed the period of their vows. ⁵⁰ Then they cried aloud to Heaven: “What shall we do with these people, and where shall we take them?