3 Maccabees 7:19-21

Common English Bible

¹⁹ When they had reached their land in peace, there too, in like manner with appropriate expressions of thanks, they decided to observe these days as a festival for as long as they lived in Egypt. ²⁰ They inscribed the record of these events on a pillar and dedicated a place of prayer at the site of the festival. Then they departed unharmed, free, and overjoyed, being safely returned by land, sea, and river to their own homes, by the king’s command. ²¹ They gained more influence among their enemies than they had had previously, and were held in honor and awe. No one at all kept back their possessions from them.