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1 Maccabees 4:45
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45They thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them, because the heathen had defiled it: wherefore they pulled it down,
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43Who cleansed the sanctuary, and bare out the defiled stones into an unclean place.
44And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
— 1 Maccabees 4:45 —
46And laid up the stones in the mountain of the temple in a convenient place, until there should come a prophet to shew what should be done with them.
47Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former;