3 Maccabees 3:28LXX

Orthodox Bible · LXX · Verse 28 of 30

"Whoever shall inform against the Jews, besides receiving the property of the person charged, shall be presented with two thousand drachmæ from the royal treasury, shall be made free, and shall be crowned."
3 Maccabees 3:28

In context

26For by the punishment of them in one body we perceive that we have found the only means of establishing our affairs for the future on a firm and satisfactory basis.

27Whoever shall shield a Jew, whether it be old man, child, or suckling, shall with his whole house be tortured to death.

28Whoever shall inform against the Jews, besides receiving the property of the person charged, shall be presented with two thousand drachmæ from the royal treasury, shall be made free, and shall be crowned.

29Whatever place shall shelter a Jew, shall, when he is hunted forth, be put under the ban of fire, and be for ever rendered useless to every living being for all time to come.

30Such was the purport of the king's letter.

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