2 Maccabees 2:11

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2 Maccabees 2:11 (WEB)
Moses said, ‘Because the sin offering had not been eaten, it was consumed in like manner.’

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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy III.18Book III
“The sacrifice which was consumed in the time of Moses was a sacrifice for sin, wherefore Moses said, as is written in the book of the Maccabees: “Because the sacrifice for sin was not to be eaten, it was consumed.”” — editor's note: 2 Macc. ii. 11.
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