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1 Maccabees 1:46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
1 Maccabees 1:46
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
46 to defile the sanctuary and the holy ones,
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2 Maccabees 10:1-3
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2 Maccabees 10:1-3
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Purification of the Temple
10 Now Maccabeus and his followers, the Lord leading them on, recovered the temple and the city;(A) 2 they tore down the altars that had been built in the public square by the foreigners and also destroyed the sacred precincts.(B) 3 They purified the sanctuary and made another altar of sacrifice; then, striking fire out of flint, they offered sacrifices, after a lapse of two years, and they offered incense and lighted lamps and set out the bread of the Presence.(C)
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