3 Maccabees 2:27-29

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²⁷ He proposed to inflict public disgrace on the nation, and he set up a stone on the tower in the courtyard with this inscription: ²⁸ “None of those who do not sacrifice shall enter their sanctuaries, and all Jews shall be subjected to a registration involving poll tax and to the status of slaves. Those who object to this are to be taken by force and put to death;^{(A) 29} those who are registered are also to be branded on their bodies by fire with the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and they shall also be reduced to their former limited status.”^(B)