Verse (Click for Chapter) Good News Translation Then they took uncut stones, as the Law of Moses required, and built a new altar like the old one. New Revised Standard Version Contemporary English Version New American Bible Douay-Rheims Bible Treasury of Scripture Knowledge Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former: 1 Maccabees 4:45And 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. 1 Maccabees 4:46 And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them. 1 Maccabees 4:48 And they built up the holy places, and the things that were within the temple: and they sanctified the temple and the courts. 1 Maccabees 4:49 And they made new holy vessels, and brought in the candlestick, and the altar of incense, and the table, into the temple. Context 1 Maccabees 4…46And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them. 47Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former: 48And they built up the holy places, and the things that were within the temple: and they sanctified the temple and the courts.… Cross References 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. 1 Maccabees 4:46 And they laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple, in a convenient place, till there should come a prophet, and give answer concerning them. 1 Maccabees 4:48 And they built up the holy places, and the things that were within the temple: and they sanctified the temple and the courts. 1 Maccabees 4:49 And they made new holy vessels, and brought in the candlestick, and the altar of incense, and the table, into the temple. |