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2 Maccabees 6:18-20
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
2 Maccabees 6:18-20
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition
18 Eleazar one of the chief of the scribes, a man advanced in years, and of a comely countenance, was pressed to open his mouth to eat swine's flesh.
19 But he, choosing rather a most glorious death than a hateful life, went forward voluntarily to the torment.
20 And considering in what manner he was come to it, patiently bearing, he determined not to do any unlawful things for the love of life.
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Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition (DRA)
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