1 Maccabees 1:63
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63 They chose to die rather than to be defiled by food or to profane the holy covenant, and they did die.(A)
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2 Maccabees 7:1
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The Martyrdom of Seven Brothers
7 It happened also that seven brothers and their mother were arrested and were being compelled by the king, under torture with whips and straps, to partake of unlawful pig’s flesh.(A)
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2 Maccabees 7:2
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2 One of them, acting as their spokesman, said, “What do you intend to ask and learn from us? For we are ready to die rather than transgress the laws of our ancestors.”(A)
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4 Maccabees 7:6
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6 O priest, worthy of the priesthood, you neither defiled your sacred teeth nor profaned your stomach, which had room only for reverence and purity, by eating defiling foods.(A)
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