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And some of those who followed him came to mark the way, but they could not find it.
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When Jeremiah perceived this, he blamed them, saying, `As for that place, it shall be unknown until the time that God gather His people together again and receive them into mercy.
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Then shall the Lord show them these things; and the glory of the Lord shall appear, and the cloud also, as it was shown under Moses, and as when Solomon desired that the place might be honorably sanctified.'
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"It was also declared that he, being wise, offered the sacrifice for dedication and for the finishing of the temple.
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And as when Moses prayed unto the Lord, the fire came down from heaven and consumed the sacrifices, even so prayed Solomon also, and the fire came down from heaven and consumed the burnt offerings.
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And Moses said, `Because the sin offering was not to be eaten, it was consumed.'
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So Solomon kept those eight days.
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"The same things also were reported in the writings and commentaries of Nehemiah, and how he, founding a library, gathered together the acts of the kings and the prophets and of David, and the epistles of the kings concerning the holy gifts.
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In like manner also Judas gathered together all those things that were lost by reason of the war we had, and they remain with us.
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Therefore if ye have need thereof, send someone to fetch them for you.
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"Whereas we then are about to celebrate the purification, we have written unto you; and ye shall do well if ye keep the same days.