for inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
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2 Maccabees 13:8
For because he had committed manie sinnes by the altar, whose fyre and ashes were holie: he him self also dyed in the ashes.
Parallel Translations
For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
for inasmuch as he had perpetrated many sins against the altar, whose fire and whose ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.