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2 Maccabees 1:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 1:18
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Fire Consumes Nehemiah’s Sacrifice
18 Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the Festival of Booths[a] and the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices.(A)
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- 1.18 Or Tabernacles
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