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2 Maccabees 12:42-44
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 12:42-44
New Catholic Bible
42 and they turned to supplication, praying that the sin that had been committed might be completely blotted out. The noble Judas exhorted the people to keep themselves free from sin, since they had seen with their own eyes what had happened as a result of the sin of those who had fallen.
43 Then he took up a collection from all of his soldiers, amounting to two thousand silver drachmas, and sent it to Jerusalem to provide for an expiatory sacrifice. In doing this, he acted in a suitable and honorable way, guided by his belief in the resurrection.[a] 44 For if he had not expected those who had fallen to rise again, it would have been superfluous and foolish to pray for the dead.
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- 2 Maccabees 12:43 The ancient ritual (Lev 4:1-5, 13; 6:17-23) provided various forms of sacrifices of expiation according to the status of the persons and the gravity of the sin committed. In this case, it was two thousand silver drachmas.
