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2 Maccabees 2:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 2:17-19
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
17 It is God who has saved all his people and has returned the inheritance to all and the kingship and the priesthood and the consecration,(A) 18 as he promised through the law. We have hope in God that he will soon have mercy on us and will gather us from everywhere under heaven into his holy place, for he has rescued us from great evils and has purified the place.(B)
The Compiler’s Preface
19 The story of Judas Maccabeus and his brothers, and the purification of the greatest temple, and the dedication of the altar,(C)
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