3 Maccabees 1:13

¹¹And when they told him that this was not permissible, none of the nation, no, nor even the priests in general, but only the supreme high priest of all, and he only once in a year, being allowed to go in, he would by no means give way.

¹²Then they read the law to him; but he persisted in obtruding himself, exclaiming, that he ought to be allowed: and saying, Be it that they were deprived of this honor, I ought not to be.

— 3 Maccabees 1:13 —

¹⁴He was thoughtlessly answered by someone, That he did wrong to boast of this.

¹⁵Well; since I have done this, said he, be the cause what it may, shall I not enter with or without your consent?