1 Maccabees 1:63
Thomson 1808
not in this edition
Brenton 1851
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.
Greek · Brenton
Καὶ ἐπελέξαντο ἀποθανεῖν, ἵνα μὴ μιανθῶσι τοῖς βρώμασι, καὶ μὴ βεβηλώσωσι διαθήκην ἁγίαν· καὶ ἀπέθανον.