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So they celebrated the rededication of the altar for eight days and joyfully made entirely burned offerings. They offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
54
In the very season, on the exact day that the Gentiles had polluted it, it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and cymbals.
55
All the people bowed to the ground and worshipped and blessed heaven, which had given them success.
56
So they celebrated the rededication of the altar for eight days and joyfully made entirely burned offerings. They offered a sacrifice of deliverance and praise.
57
They decorated the front of the temple with gold crowns and small shields. They restored the gates and the priests' chambers, furnishing them with doors.
58
The people were extremely glad, and the disgrace the Gentiles brought was lifted.