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Nevertheless, he still laid waste all their land, cut down their sacred woods and destroyed all their gods, that all people of all languages and nations might worship Nebuchadnezzar alone and proclaim him as god. (Judith 3, 8)
May snares be set for them in their banquets and traps in their sacred feasts. (Psalms 69, 23)
In accordance with it, burnt offerings, sacrifices and other offerings in the sanctuary were suppressed. It also ordered that Sabbaths and sacred feasts be like ordinary days. (1 Maccabees 1, 45)
The sanctuary and its ministers were no longer to be regarded sacred, (1 Maccabees 1, 46)
instead, altars, sacred enclosures and temples were to be dedicated to idols. They were to offer pigs and unclean animals in sacrifice, (1 Maccabees 1, 47)
In the meantime, the king's representatives, who were forcing the Jews to give up their religion came to Modein to organize a sacred gathering. (1 Maccabees 2, 15)
They made new sacred vessels and brought in the lampstand, the altar of incense and the table. (1 Maccabees 4, 49)
Judas was the first to cross to the enemy, and all his men followed. They defeated all the pagans who threw down their weapons and took refuge in the sacred enclosure of Carnaim. (1 Maccabees 5, 43)
But the Jews captured the city and burned the sacred enclosure with everyone inside. So Carnaim was crushed, and no one was able to withstand Judas. (1 Maccabees 5, 44)
This is why in the seventh month of the year one hundred and sixty (152 B.C.), on the occasion of the feast of Tabernacles, Jonathan put on the sacred vestments. He also recruited troops and manufactured a great quantity of arms. (1 Maccabees 10, 21)
Though we are not in need, for we have our consolation in our Sacred Books, (1 Maccabees 12, 9)
He restored the splendor of the Temple and increased the number of its sacred vessels. (1 Maccabees 14, 15)
