62. And on the twenty-fifth day of the month, they sacrificed on that altar which was opposite the high altar.
63. And the women who circumcised their sons were butchered, according to the order of king Antiochus.
64. And they suspended the children by their necks in all their houses, and those who had circumcised them, they butchered.
65. And many of the people of Israel decided within themselves that they would not eat unclean things. And they chose to die, rather than to be defiled with unclean foods.
66. And they were not willing to infringe upon the holy law of God, and they were butchered.
67. And there was a very great wrath upon the people.