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1 Maccabees 7:47-49
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 7:47-49
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
47 Then the Jews[a] seized the spoils and the plunder; they cut off Nicanor’s head and the right hand that he had so arrogantly stretched out and brought them and displayed them just outside Jerusalem.(A) 48 The people rejoiced greatly and celebrated that day as a day of great gladness. 49 They decreed that this day should be celebrated each year on the thirteenth day of Adar.(B)
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