. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. m who drove them away fromthe temple and made it a place to worship idols in. Heathen altars were set upin every city of the land, and the Jews who would not sacrifice upon themwere punished. One of their elders, an old man named Eleazar, was forced totake swines flesh into his mouth, which the Lord had commanded the Jews notto eat. When he spat it out he was beaten to death. Seven brothers, with their mother, were taken by the king and scourged, tomake them eat swines flesh. But the eldest brother spoke to the king, saying,We
. The Bible panorama, or The Holy Scriptures in picture and story. m who drove them away fromthe temple and made it a place to worship idols in. Heathen altars were set upin every city of the land, and the Jews who would not sacrifice upon themwere punished. One of their elders, an old man named Eleazar, was forced totake swines flesh into his mouth, which the Lord had commanded the Jews notto eat. When he spat it out he was beaten to death. Seven brothers, with their mother, were taken by the king and scourged, tomake them eat swines flesh. But the eldest brother spoke to the king, saying,We will not eat of it, for we would rather die than disobey the laws of the king, in great anger, commanded that his tongue should be cut out,and parts of his feet and hands cut off, and afterward that he should be burnedslowly over a fire as long as there was any life in him. As soon as he was dead,the other brothers were asked whether they would obey the king; and as theyrefused, were one by one tortured and put to death, and their mother also slain. 208. A MOTHER AXT) HER SONS ARE CRUELLY PUT TO DEATTT. 14 209
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