2 Maccabees 6:4

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2 Maccabees 6:4 (WEB)
For the temple was filled with debauchery and reveling by the heathen, who dallied with prostitutes, and had intercourse with women within the sacred precincts, and moreover brought inside things that were not appropriate.

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Aphrahat, Select Demonstrations Demonstration 5
“And he defiled the sanctuary.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. vi. 2–4.
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