1 Maccabees 1:60
Good News Translation
Mothers who had allowed their babies to be circumcised were put to death in accordance with the king's decree.

New Revised Standard Version
According to the decree, they put to death the women who had their children circumcised,

Contemporary English Version
They followed orders and murdered any Jewish mother who let her son be circumcised.

New American Bible
Whoever was found with a scroll of the covenant, and whoever observed the law, was condemned to death by royal decree.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 1:58
And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses and in the streets.

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

1 Maccabees 1:61
Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.

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.

Context
1 Maccabees 1
59And they cut in pieces, and burnt with fire the books of the law of God: 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.…
Cross References
1 Maccabees 1:58
And they burnt incense, and sacrificed at the doors of the houses and in the streets.

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

1 Maccabees 1:61
Thus by their power did they deal with the people of Israel, that were found in the cities month after month.

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.



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1 Maccabees 1:59
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