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He set off for Syria with protestations of peace, and the people of the towns opened their gates to him and came out to meet him, since King Alexander's orders were to welcome him, Ptolemy being his father-in-law. (1 Maccabees 11, 2)
and exhorted them thus, 'You know yourselves how much I and my brothers and my father's family have done for the laws and the sanctuary; you know what wars and hardships we have experienced. (1 Maccabees 13, 3)
He banished all impurity from it, settled in it people who observed the Law, and having fortified it, built a residence there for himself. (1 Maccabees 13, 48)
He encouraged the afflicted members of his people, suppressing every wicked man and renegade. He strove to observe the Law, (1 Maccabees 14, 14)
'When there was almost incessant fighting in the country Simon, son of Mattathias, a priest of the line of Joarib, and his brothers courted danger and withstood their nation's enemies to safeguard the integrity of their sanctuary and of the Law, and so brought their nation great glory; (1 Maccabees 14, 29)
'Furthermore, it is against the law for any member of the public or of the priesthood to contravene any of these enactments or to contest his decisions, or to convene a meeting anywhere in the country without his permission, or to assume the purple or wear the golden brooch; (1 Maccabees 14, 44)
If, therefore, any scoundrels have fled their country to take refuge with you, hand them over to Simon the high priest, to be punished by him according to their law.' (1 Maccabees 15, 21)
and was the high priest's son-in-law. (1 Maccabees 16, 12)
May he open your hearts to his Law and his precepts, and give you peace. (2 Maccabees 1, 4)
and how, having given them the Law, the prophet warned the deportees never to forget the Lord's precepts, nor to let their thoughts be tempted by the sight of gold and silver statues or the finery adorning them. (2 Maccabees 2, 2)
Among other similar admonitions, he urged them not to let the Law depart from their hearts. (2 Maccabees 2, 3)
as he has promised in the Law, will surely, as our hope is in him, be swift to show us mercy and gather us together from everywhere under heaven to the holy place, since he has rescued us from great evils and has purified it.' (2 Maccabees 2, 18)
