4 Maccabees 5:35-37

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³⁵ I will not put you to shame, philosophical reason, nor will I reject you, honored priesthood and knowledge of the law. ³⁶ You, O king,^[a] shall not defile the honorable mouth of my old age nor my long life lived lawfully. ³⁷ My ancestors will receive me as pure, as one who does not fear your violence even to death.^(A)