2 Maccabees 2:17-19
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
17 It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their inheritance, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites, 18 as he promised through the law. For we hope in God, that he will soon have mercy on us and gather us together from everywhere under the heavens to his holy place, for he has rescued us from great perils and has purified the place.(A)
II. Compiler’s Preface
19 This is the story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, of the purification of the great temple, the dedication of the altar,
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