1 Maccabees 1:61
Good News Translation
Their babies were hung around their necks, and their families and those who had circumcised them were put to death.

New Revised Standard Version
and their families and those who circumcised them; and they hung the infants from their mothers’ necks.

Contemporary English Version
Antiochus even told these troops, "Hang the baby around his mother's neck, and kill the whole family, as well as the man who circumcised the baby."

New American Bible
So they used their power against Israel, against those who were caught, each month, in the cities.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.

1 Maccabees 1:59
And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:

1 Maccabees 1:60
And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king.

1 Maccabees 1:62
And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.

1 Maccabees 1:63
Now the women that circumcised their children were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus,

Context
1 Maccabees 1
60And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king. 61Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month. 62And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 1:59
And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God:

1 Maccabees 1:60
And every one with whom the books of the testament of the Lord were found, and whosoever observed the law of the Lord, they put to death, according to the edict of the king.

1 Maccabees 1:62
And on the five and twentieth day of the month they sacrificed upon the altar of the idol that was over against the altar of God.

1 Maccabees 1:63
Now the women that circumcised their children were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus,



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1 Maccabees 1:60
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