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Heliodorus then offered a sacrifice to the Lord and prayed at great length to him who had spared his life. He took leave of Onias and went back with his guards to the king. (2 Maccabees 3, 35)
the wicked Jason sent as envoys some "citizens of Antioch" from the inhabitants of Jerusalem and he entrusted to them three hundred drachmas of silver allotted for the sacrifice to Hercules. When these envoys came, they decided that it was not fitting to spend the money on the sacrifice, but preferred to spend it on other things. (2 Maccabees 4, 19)
So through the sole initiative of those sent to spend the money for the sacrifice to Hercules, the amount was used instead for the construction of trireme ships. (2 Maccabees 4, 20)
But, on the contrary, they were led by bitter necessity to celebrate the king's birthday with a monthly sacrifice. And when the feast of Dionysus came, they were also forced to follow the Dionysus procession and wear floral wreaths. (2 Maccabees 6, 7)
I prefer to bravely sacrifice my life now, as befits my old age. (2 Maccabees 6, 27)
He took up a collection among his soldiers which amounted to two thousand pieces of silver and sent it to Jerusalem to be offered there as a sacrifice for sin. They did all this very well and rightly inspired by their belief in the resurrection of the dead. (2 Maccabees 12, 43)
This was the reason why Judas had this sacrifice offered for the dead - so that the dead might be pardoned for their sin. (2 Maccabees 12, 46)
Yahweh detests the sacrifice of the wicked, but listens to the prayer of the honest man. (Proverbs 15, 8)
To do what is upright and just pleases Yahweh more than sacrifice. (Proverbs 21, 3)
Yahweh detests the sacrifice of the wicked, above all when they offer it for an unjust cause. (Proverbs 21, 27)
For the destiny of man and animal is identical: death for one as for the other. (Ecclesiastes 3, 19)
the natures of animal species and the ways of wild beasts; the power of spirits and human reasoning; the varieties of plants and medicinal properties of roots. (Wisdom of Solomon 7, 20)