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Then Judas appointed certain men to fight against those who were in the fortress until he had cleansed the sanctuary.
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So he chose priests of blameless conduct, such as had pleasure in the law,
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who cleansed the sanctuary and bore the defiled stones into an unclean place.
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And when they considered what to do with the altar of burnt offerings which was profaned,
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they thought it best to pull it down, lest it should be a reproach to them because the heathen had defiled it. Therefore they pulled it down,
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and laid up the stones on the mountain of the temple in a suitable place until there should come a prophet to show what should be done with them.
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Then they took whole stones according to the law and built a new altar according to the former,
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and rebuilt the sanctuary and the things that were within the temple, and hallowed the courts.
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They made also new holy vessels; and into the temple they brought the candlestick, and the altar of burnt offerings and of incense, and the table.
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And upon the altar they burned incense, and the lamps that were upon the candlestick they lighted, that they might give light in the temple.
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Furthermore they set the loaves upon the table, and spread out the veils, and finished all the works which they had begun to do.