1 Maccabees 4:47 - New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition 2021

Then they took unhewn stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one.

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They then took unfinished stones, in keeping with the Law, and built a new altar like the former one.

Then they took whole stones, according to the law, and they built a new altar, according to that which was before.

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

Then they took uncut stones, as the Law of Moses required, and built a new altar like the old one.

They took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar like the former.

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.