Catholic Public Domain Version

1 Maccabees 3:46-50 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

46. And they gathered together and came to Mizpah, opposite Jerusalem. For a place of prayer was in Mizpah, in the former Israel.

47. And they fasted on that day, and they clothed themselves with haircloth, and they placed ashes on their heads, and they tore their garments.

48. And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols.

49. And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and they roused the Nazirites, who had fulfilled their days.

50. And they cried out with a loud voice toward heaven, saying: "What shall we do with these, and where shall we take them?