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1 Maccabees 3:48
New American Bible (Revised Edition)

48 They unrolled the scroll of the law, to learn about the things for which the Gentiles consulted the images of their idols.[a]

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  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.
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