Fondare 878 Risultati per: Holy Book
And as they wanted to be like the pagans in everything, they made artificial foreskins for themselves and abandoned the Holy Covenant, sinning as they pleased. (1 Maccabees 1, 15)
They killed anyone they caught in possession of the book of the Covenant and who fulfilled the precepts of the Law, as the royal decree had ordered. (1 Maccabees 1, 57)
They preferred to die rather than to make themselves unclean with those foods (prohibited by the Law) that violated the Holy Covenant. (1 Maccabees 1, 63)
so he said: "Alas! Was I born just to witness the ruin of my people and the destruction of the holy city? Shall I sit by while she is in the hands of her enemies and her sanctuary in the power of foreigners? (1 Maccabees 2, 7)
they said, "Let us uplift our people from their miserable situation and fight for them and for the Holy Place!" (1 Maccabees 3, 43)
They opened the Book of the Law to look for an answer to their questions, just as the pagans consulted the images of their idols. (1 Maccabees 3, 48)
Judas told them: "Prepare your weapons; be valiant and be ready to fight in the morning against those foreigners who have joined forces to crush us and remove our Holy Place from this land. (1 Maccabees 3, 58)
It is better to die fighting than to live and see the misery of our nation and of the Holy Place. (1 Maccabees 3, 59)
Then Judas and his brothers said: "Our enemies are defeated, so let us go up and purify the Holy Place and consecrate it again." (1 Maccabees 4, 36)
From this day on and for all time, Jerusalem shall be a Holy City and be free with all its territory, with the right to collect tithes and tributes. (1 Maccabees 10, 31)
All feasts, sabbaths, new moons, special days and the three holy days before and after a feast shall be days of exemption for all the Jews in my kingdom. (1 Maccabees 10, 34)
Have a copy of this decree made and delivered to Jonathan to be displayed on the Holy Mountain in a conspicuous place." (1 Maccabees 11, 37)
