2 Maccabees 3:12
“And that it was altogether impossible that such wrong should be done vnto them, that had committed it to the holinesse of the place, and to the maiestie and inuiolable sanctitie of the Temple, honoured ouer all the world.”
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2 Maccabees 3:12 Context
10Then the high Priest tolde him that there was such money layde vp for the reliefe of widowes, and fatherlesse children, 11And that some of it belonged to Hircanus, sonne of Tobias, a man of great dignitie, and not as that wicked Simon had misinformed: the summe whereof in all was foure hundred talents of siluer, and two hundred of gold, 12And that it was altogether impossible that such wrong should be done vnto them, that had committed it to the holinesse of the place, and to the maiestie and inuiolable sanctitie of the Temple, honoured ouer all the world. 13But Heliodorus because of the kings commandement giuen him, said, That in any wise it must be brought into the kings treasury. 14So at the day which hee appointed, hee entred in to order this matter, wherefore, there was no small agonie throughout the whole citie.
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And that it was altogether impossible that such wrongs should be done unto them, that had committed it to the holiness of the place, and to the majesty and inviolable sanctity of the temple, honoured over all the world.
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