1 Maccabees 4:43
Good News Translation
They purified the Temple and took the stones that had been defiled and put them in an unclean place.

New Revised Standard Version
and they cleansed the sanctuary and removed the defiled stones to an unclean place.

Contemporary English Version
and put them in charge of cleaning out the temple. The priests hauled away the unclean stones to a garbage heap.

New American Bible
these purified the sanctuary and carried away the stones of the defilement to an unclean place.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.

1 Maccabees 4:41
Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed the holy places,

1 Maccabees 4:42
And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God.

1 Maccabees 4:44
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

1 Maccabees 4:45
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.

Context
1 Maccabees 4
42And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God. 43And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place. 44And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 4:41
Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed the holy places,

1 Maccabees 4:42
And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God.

1 Maccabees 4:44
And he considered about the altar of holocausts that had been profaned, what he should do with it.

1 Maccabees 4:45
And a good counsel came into their minds, to pull it down: lest it should be a reproach to them, because the Gentiles had defiled it; so they threw it down.



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1 Maccabees 4:42
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