3 Maccabees 2:27-29
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
27 He proposed to inflict public disgrace on the Jewish community,[a] and he set up a stone[b] on the tower in the courtyard with this inscription: 28 ‘None of those who do not sacrifice shall enter their sanctuaries, and all Jews shall be subjected to a registration involving poll tax and to the status of slaves. Those who object to this are to be taken by force and put to death; 29 those who are registered are also to be branded on their bodies by fire with the ivy-leaf symbol of Dionysus, and they shall also be reduced to their former limited status.’
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- 3 Maccabees 2:27 Gk the nation
- 3 Maccabees 2:27 Gk stele
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