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11 For just as our father Aaron, armed with the censer, ran through the multitude of the people and conquered the fiery[a] angel, 12 so the descendant of Aaron, Eleazar, though being consumed by the fire, remained unmoved in his reason. 13 Most amazing, indeed, though he was an old man, his body no longer tense and firm,[b] his muscles flabby, his sinews feeble, he became young again

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  1. 4 Maccabees 7:11 Other ancient authorities lack fiery
  2. 4 Maccabees 7:13 Gk the tautness of the body already loosed

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