20 yet I and my sons and my kindred will walk in the covenant of our fathers. (WEB) 21 Far be it from us that we should forsake the law and the ordinances. (WEB) 22 We will not listen to the king’s words, to turn aside from our worship, to the right hand, or to the left.” (WEB)
1 Maccabees 2:20–22
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