1 Maccabees 1:49-51

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁹ so that they would forget the law and change all their observances. ⁵⁰ Anyone who refused to obey the command of the king was to be put to death.

⁵¹ These were the terms of the edicts he issued throughout his kingdom. He appointed inspectors to supervise all the people, and he commanded all the towns of Judah to offer sacrifices, town by town.