1 Maccabees 1:44-46

New Catholic Bible

⁴⁴ The king also sent messengers to Jerusalem and the cities of Judah with edicts commanding them to adopt practices that were foreign to their country: ⁴⁵ to prohibit holocausts, sacrifices, and libations in the sanctuary, to profane the Sabbaths and feast days, ⁴⁶ to defile the temple and its priests, to build altars, temples, and shrines for idols,