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2 Maccabees 15:34-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
2 Maccabees 15:34-36
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
34 And they all, looking to heaven, blessed the Lord who had manifested himself, saying, “Blessed is he who has kept his own place undefiled!”(A) 35 Judas[a] hung Nicanor’s head from the citadel, a clear and conspicuous sign to everyone of the help of the Lord.(B) 36 And they all decreed by public vote never to let this day go unobserved but to celebrate the thirteenth day of the twelfth month—which is called Adar in the Aramaic language—the day before Mordecai’s day.(C)
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- 15.35 Gk He
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