2 Maccabees 2:11
Good News Translation
Moses had explained that the sin offering was consumed by fire because it was not eaten.

New Revised Standard Version
And Moses said, “They were consumed because the sin offering had not been eaten.”

Contemporary English Version
"I am offering a sacrifice for sin. So it must be completely burned, and none of it eaten."

New American Bible
Moses had said, “Because it had not been eaten, the purification offering was consumed.”

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed.

2 Maccabees 2:9
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.

2 Maccabees 2:10
And as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust.

2 Maccabees 2:12
So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.

2 Maccabees 2:13
And these same things were set down in the memoirs, and commentaries of Nehemias: and how he made a library, and gathered together out of the countries, the books both of the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings, and concerning the holy gifts.

Context
2 Maccabees 2
10And as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust. 11And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed. 12So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.…
Cross References
2 Maccabees 2:9
For he treated wisdom in a magnificent manner: and like a wise man, he offered the sacrifice of the dedication, and of the finishing of the temple.

2 Maccabees 2:10
And as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust.

2 Maccabees 2:12
So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.

2 Maccabees 2:13
And these same things were set down in the memoirs, and commentaries of Nehemias: and how he made a library, and gathered together out of the countries, the books both of the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings, and concerning the holy gifts.



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2 Maccabees 2:10
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