1 Maccabees 1:63 - Revised Version with Apocrypha 1895

⁶³ 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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Common English Bible

⁶³ They chose to die rather than to be defiled by the food or to dishonor the holy covenant. And they did die.

Catholic Public Domain Version

⁶³ And the women who circumcised their sons were butchered, according to the order of king Antiochus.

Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version

⁶³ Now the women that circumcised their children, were slain according to the commandment of king Antiochus.

Good News Translation (US Version)

⁶³ They preferred to die rather than break the holy covenant and eat unclean food—and many did die.

World English Bible - American English Edition - without Strong's Numbers

⁶³ 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.

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