Good News Translation
Then Judas ordered some of his soldiers to attack the men in the fort, while he purified the Temple.

New Revised Standard Version
Then Judas detailed men to fight against those in the citadel until he had cleansed the sanctuary.

Contemporary English Version
Judas ordered some of his soldiers to keep the enemy fortress under attack, so that others could clean up the temple.

New American Bible
Judas appointed men to attack those in the citadel, while he purified the sanctuary.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed the holy places,

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

1 Maccabees 4:39
And they rent their garments, and made great lamentation, and put ashes on their heads:

1 Maccabees 4:40
And they fell down to the ground on their faces, and they sounded with the trumpets of alarm, and they cried towards heaven.

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

1 Maccabees 4:43
And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.