2 While this was going on, a hostile rumor was uttered abroad by men who had banded together to injure the Jewish race. The pretext of their charge was that the Jews kept them away from the ordinances of the law. (WEB)
3 Maccabees 3:2
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3 Maccabees 3:6–8
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1 Maccabees 11:24–26
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3 Maccabees 7:3–5
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2 Maccabees 12:7–9
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Nehemiah 5:1–2
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Epistle to Diognetus 5:16–17
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1 Maccabees 10:60–62
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