1 Maccabees 4:41-43

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴¹ Then Judas appointed men to fight against them that were in the castle, till they had cleansed the holy places.

⁴² And he chose priests without blemish, whose will was set upon the law of God:

⁴³ And they cleansed the holy places, and took away the stones that had been defiled into an unclean place.