1 Maccabees 3:47
Good News Translation
In deep mourning, they fasted all that day, put on sackcloth, threw ashes on their heads, and tore their clothes.

New Revised Standard Version
They fasted that day, put on sackcloth and sprinkled ashes on their heads, and tore their clothes.

Contemporary English Version
That day Judas and his troops went without eating; they put on sackcloth, then rubbed ashes on their heads and tore their clothes.

New American Bible
That day they fasted and wore sackcloth; they sprinkled ashes on their heads and tore their garments.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments:

1 Maccabees 3:45
Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there.

1 Maccabees 3:46
And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.

1 Maccabees 3:48
And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:

1 Maccabees 3:49
And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:

Context
1 Maccabees 3
46And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel. 47And they fasted that day, and put on haircloth, and put ashes upon their heads: and they rent their garments: 48And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 3:45
Now Jerusalem was not inhabited, but was like a desert: there was none of her children that went in or out: and the sanctuary was trodden down: and the children of strangers were in the castle, there was the habitation of the Gentiles: and joy was taken away from Jacob, and the pipe and harp ceased there.

1 Maccabees 3:46
And they assembled together, and came to Maspha, over against Jerusalem: for in Maspha was a place of prayer heretofore in Israel.

1 Maccabees 3:48
And they laid open the books of the law, in which the Gentiles searched for the likeness of their idols:

1 Maccabees 3:49
And they brought the priestly ornaments, and the first fruits and tithes, and stirred up the Nazarites that had fulfilled their days:



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1 Maccabees 3:46
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