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And as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire came down from heaven, and consumed the holocaust: so Solomon also prayed, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the holocaust.
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And Moses said: Because the sin offering was not eaten, it was consumed.
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So Solomon also celebrated the dedication eight days.
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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.
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And in like manner Judas also gathered together all such things as were lost by the war we had, and they are in our possession.
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Wherefore if you want these things, send some that may fetch them to you.
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As we are then about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you: and you shall do well, if you keep the same days.
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And we hope that God who hath delivered his people, and hath rendered to all the inheritance, and the kingdom, and the priesthood, and the sanctuary,
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As he promised in the law, will shortly have mercy upon us, and will gather us together from every land under heaven into the holy place.
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For he hath delivered us out of great perils, and hath cleansed the place.
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Now as concerning Judas Machabeus. and his brethren, and the purification of the great temple, and the dedication o the altar: