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4 Maccabees 7:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
4 Maccabees 7:5-7
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
5 For in setting his mind firm like a jutting cliff, our father Eleazar broke the maddening waves of the emotions. 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. 7 O man in harmony with the law and philosopher of divine life!
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