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In the same way Judas also collected all the books that had been lost on account of the war which 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 priesthood and consecration,
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as he promised through the law. For we have hope in God that he will soon have mercy upon 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.
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.