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2 Maccabees 10:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 Maccabees 10:2-4
New Catholic Bible
2 destroying the altars[a] erected by the Gentiles in the public square and tearing down their sacred precincts. 3 After they purified the sanctuary,[b] they built another altar. Then, striking fire from flints, they offered sacrifice for the first time in two years, burning incense, lighting lamps, and setting out the bread of the Presence. 4 When they had done this, they prostrated themselves and implored the Lord never again to allow them to be afflicted with such misfortunes, and, were they ever to sin, to discipline them himself with moderation rather than hand them over to blasphemous and barbarous nations.
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- 2 Maccabees 10:2 Destroying the altars: they tore down the altars that had been used for pagan worship.
- 2 Maccabees 10:3 They purified the sanctuary by removing the desecrated stones (1 Mac 1:44-46). Striking fire from flints: no mention is made of the legends of 2 Mac 1:19—2:1 concerning fire. Two years: in reality, it was three and a half years from the time when worship had been interrupted.
