1 Maccabees 4:47
King James VersionSource notes
“Then they took whole stones according to the law, and built a new altar according to the former;”
Context
44And when as they consulted what to do with the altar of burnt offerings, which was profaned;
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,
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;
48And made up the sanctuary, and the things that were within the temple, and hallowed the courts.
49They made also new holy vessels, and into the temple they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings, and of incense, and the table.
50And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple.