1 Maccabees 4:47
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
Then they took unhewn stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one.

Contemporary English Version
The priests did just as the Law of Moses commands. They found stones that had never been cut, and they set up a new altar exactly like the old one.

New American Bible
Then they took uncut stones, according to the law, and built a new altar like the former one.

Douay-Rheims Bible
Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former:

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Then they took whole stones, according to the law and built a new altar, according to the former:

1 Maccabees 4:45
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.

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.



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