Wherefore they chose rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
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1 Maccabees 1:63
And according to the commandement, they put certeine women to death, which had caused their children to be circumcised,
Parallel Translations
Therefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
Wherefore the rather to die, that they might not be defiled with meats, and that they might not profane the holy covenant: so then they died.
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.