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1 Maccabees 1:62-63
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
1 Maccabees 1:62-63
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
62 But many in Israel were determined and resolved in their hearts not to eat anything unclean; 63 they preferred to die rather than to be defiled with food or to profane the holy covenant; and they did die.
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