OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 4:47

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47

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

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Verse 47. Law. Nothing was specified. The altar in the desert was of wood. At Sinai and Hebal, turf or rough stones were used; whence unhewed stones were judged most proper.

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