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2 Maccabees 13:8

In 4 translations

KJV
For inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.
WEB
for inasmuch as he had perpetrated many sins against the altar, whose fire and whose ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.Gr. about.
DRC
And indeed very justly, for insomuch as he had committed many sins against the altar of God, the fire and ashes of which were holy: he was condemned to die in ashes.
LXXE
for inasmuch as he had committed many sins about the altar, whose fire and ashes were holy, he received his death in ashes.

Original-language editions

LXX-Br
πάνυ δικαίως. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ συνετελέσατο πολλὰ περὶ τὸν βωμὸν ἁμαρτήματα, οὗ τὸ πῦρ ἁγνὸν ἦν καὶ ἡ σποδὸς, ἐν σποδῷ τὸν θάνατον ἐκομισατο.

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