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1 Maccabees 4:56
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1 Maccabees 4:56
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56 So they celebrated the dedication of the altar for eight days and joyfully offered burnt offerings; they offered a sacrifice of well-being and a thanksgiving offering.(A)
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3 Maccabees 6:30
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3 Maccabees 6:30
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The Jews Celebrate Their Deliverance
30 Then the king, when he had returned to the city, summoned the official in charge of the revenues and ordered him to provide to the Jews both wines and everything else needed for a festival of seven days, deciding that they should celebrate a festival of deliverance with all joyfulness in that same place in which they had expected to meet their destruction.(A)
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