1 Maccabees 1:14-16

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹⁴ And some of the people determined to do this, and went to the king: and he gave them license to do after the ordinances of the heathens.

¹⁵ And they built a place of exercise in Jerusalem, according to the laws of the nations:

¹⁶ And they made themselves prepuces, and departed from the holy covenant, and joined themselves to the heathens, and were sold to do evil.