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It was also in the writing that the prophet, having received an oracle, ordered that the tent and the ark should follow with him, and that he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and had seen the inheritance of God.
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And Jeremiah came and found a cave, and he brought there the tent and the ark and the altar of incense, and he sealed up the entrance.
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Some of those who followed him came up to mark the way, but could not find it.
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When Jeremiah learned of it, he rebuked them and declared: "The place shall be unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows his mercy.
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And 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 devoured 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 which had come upon us, and they are in our possession.