1 Maccabees 4:46 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

and stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple hill until a prophet should come to tell what to do with them.

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They stored the stones in a convenient place on the temple mount until a prophet should arise who could say what to do with them.

And they stored the stones in the mountain house, in a fitting place, until there should come a prophet, who would provide an answer about these.

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.

and put the stones in a suitable place on the Temple hill, where they were to be kept until a prophet should appear and decide what to do with them.

and laid up the stones on the temple hill in a convenient place, until a prophet would come to give an answer concerning them.

They piled them in a special place on the temple hill, believing that God would someday send a prophet who would know what to do with them.