3 Maccabees 6:37-39

Common English Bible

³⁷ They appealed to the king, asking for his permission to return to their homes.

³⁸ The drawing up of the lists of names was conducted from the twenty-fifth of Pachon^[a] to the fourth of Epiphi,^[b] over a period of forty days; and their destruction was planned for the fifth of Epiphi until the seventh, a period of three days. ³⁹ But also during those days the Lord of all gloriously displayed his mercy and brought them through without harm, each and every one.