1 Maccabees 1:59-61

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁵⁹ And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:

⁶⁰ And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king.

⁶¹ Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.