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When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: "The place shall remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy.
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Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud will appear, as they were shown in the case of Moses, and as Solomon asked that the place should be specially consecrated."
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It was also made clear that being possessed of wisdom Solomon offered sacrifice for the dedication and completion of the temple.
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Just as Moses prayed to the Lord, and fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifices, so also Solomon prayed, and the fire came down and consumed the whole burnt offerings.
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And Moses said, "They were consumed because the sin offering had not been eaten."
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Likewise Solomon also kept the eight days.
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The same things are reported in the records and in the memoirs of Nehemiah, and also that he founded a library and collected the books about the kings and prophets, and the writings of David, and letters of kings about votive offerings.
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In the same way Judas also collected all the books that had been lost on account of the war that had come upon us, and they are in our possession.
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So if you have need of them, send people to get them for you.
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Since, therefore, we are about to celebrate the purification, we write to you. Will you therefore please keep the days?
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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,