3 Maccabees 6:35LXX
Bible Orthodoxe · LXX · Verset 35 sur 41
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"But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms."
En contexte
33So, also, the king collected a number of guests for the occasion, and returned unceasing thanks with much magnificence for the unexpected deliverance afforded him.
34Those who had marked them out as for death and for carrion, and had registered them with joy, howled aloud, and were clothed with shame, and had the fire of their rage ingloriously put out.
35But the Jews, as we just said, instituted a dance, and then gave themselves up to feasting, glad thanksgivings, and psalms.
36They made a public ordinance to commemorate these things for generations to come, as long as they should be sojourners. They thus established these days as days of mirth, not for the purpose of drinking or luxury, but because God had saved them.
37They requested the king to send them back to their homes.