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he_o will_v keep_v his_o daughter_n for_o his_o wife_n he_o will_v make_v he_o a_o highpriest_n and_o with_o the_o licence_n and_o consent_n of_o darius_n king_n of_o persia_n build_v a_o temple_n upon_o mount_n gerizim_n for_o that_o purpose_n but_o darius_n be_v overthrow_v in_o battle_n soon_o after_o by_o alexander_n of_o macedon_n he_o make_v this_o suit_n to_o he_o bring_v he_o eight_o thousand_o soldier_n to_o serve_v he_o in_o the_o war_n and_o ready_o obtain_v his_o desire_n so_o that_o this_o become_v a_o receptacle_n to_o divers_a fugitive_n or_o apostate_n jew_n who_o be_v guilty_a of_o break_v the_o law_n by_o profane_v the_o sabbath_n eat_v meat_n forbid_v or_o the_o like_a crime_n this_o temple_n have_v stand_v about_o 200_o year_n be_v ruin_v by_o hircanus_n about_o a_o hundred_o year_n before_o christ_n his_o come_n in_o the_o flesh_n or_o more_o now_o as_o they_o that_o embrace_v error_n and_o corrupt_a invention_n of_o man_n in_o thing_n pertain_v to_o religion_n 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