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1 Maccabees 7:49-50
New Catholic Bible
1 Maccabees 7:49-50
New Catholic Bible
49 They decreed that this occasion was to be observed each year on the thirteenth day of Adar.[a] 50 And for a short time the land of Judah was at peace.
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- 1 Maccabees 7:49 The thirteenth day of Adar: March 161 B.C. This feast came to be called Nicanor Day and was one of the days on which mourning was prohibited, but it was not celebrated for very long.