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1 Maccabees 4:57-59
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 4:57-59
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
57 They decorated the front of the temple with golden crowns and small shields; they restored the gates and the chambers for the priests and fitted them with doors.(A) 58 There was very great joy among the people, and the disgrace brought by the nations was removed.
59 Then Judas and his brothers and all the assembly of Israel determined that every year at that season the days of dedication of the altar should be observed with joy and gladness for eight days, beginning with the twenty-fifth day of the month of Chislev.(B)
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