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1 Maccabees 1:56-57
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 1:56-57
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
56 The books of the law that they found they tore to pieces and burned with fire. 57 Anyone found possessing the book of the covenant or anyone who adhered to the law was condemned to death by decree of the king.
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1 Maccabees 1:56-57
Common English Bible
1 Maccabees 1:56-57
Common English Bible
56 When they found the Law scrolls, they tore them to pieces and burned them. 57 If anyone was caught in possession of a copy of the covenant scroll or if anyone kept to the Law, that person was condemned to death by royal decree.
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