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ordered the guards to seize each and every Hebrew and to compel them to eat pork and food sacrificed to idols. If any were not willing to eat defiling food, they were to be broken on the wheel and killed. When many people had been rounded up, one man, Eleazar by name, leader of the flock, was brought[a] before the king. He was a man of priestly family, learned in the law, advanced in age, and known to many in the tyrant’s court because of his philosophy.[b]

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  1. 4 Maccabees 5:4 Or was the first of the flock to be brought
  2. 4 Maccabees 5:4 Other ancient authorities read his advanced age

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