Now one Alcimus, who had been high priest, and had defiled himself wilfully in the times of their mingling with the Gentiles, seeing that by no means he could save himself, nor have any more access to the holy altar,
A certain Alcimus, who had once been high priest but had willingly defiled himself during the period when the Jews mixed with the Gentiles, realizing he had no way to save himself or ever again approach the holy altar,
