1 Maccabees 1:63 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

And they chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: and they died.

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They chose to die rather than to be defiled by the food or to dishonor the holy covenant. And they did die.

And the women who circumcised their sons were butchered, according to the order of king Antiochus.

Now the women that circumcised their children, were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus.

They preferred to die rather than break the holy covenant and eat unclean food—and many did die.

They chose to die, that they might not be defiled with the food, and that they might not profane the holy covenant; and they died.

They chose to die rather than to eat forbidden food and break the agreement God had made with them. Many of them died,

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