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4 Maccabees 9:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
4 Maccabees 9:2-4
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 we are obviously putting our forebears to shame unless we should practice ready obedience to the law and to Moses[a] our counselor. 3 Tyrant and counselor of lawlessness, in your hatred for us do not pity us more than we pity ourselves.[b] 4 For we consider this pity of yours, which ensures our safety through transgression of the law, to be more grievous than death itself.
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