2 Maccabees 2:11-13

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

¹¹ And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed.

¹² So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.

¹³ And these same things were set down in the memoirs and commentaries of Nehemias: and how he made a library, and gathered together out of the countries, the books both of the prophets, and of David, and the epistles of the kings. and concerning the holy gifts.