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1 Maccabees 4:53 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt offerings which they had made. "

1 Maccabees 4:53

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51 They set loaves upon the table, hung up the curtains, and finished all the work which they had done.

52 They rose up early in the morning, on the twenty-fifth day of the ninth month, which is the month Chislev, in the one hundred forty eighth year,

53 and offered sacrifice according to the law on the new altar of burnt offerings which they had made.

54 At the time and day the Gentiles had profaned it, even then it was dedicated with songs, harps, lutes, and with cymbals.

55 All the people fell on their faces, worshiped, and gave praise toward heaven, which had given them good success.

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2 Maccabees 10:3

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"Having cleansed the sanctuary, they made another altar of sacrifice. Striking flint and starting a fire, they offered sacrifices after they had ceased for two years, burned incense, lit lamps, and set out the show bread."

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Ezra 3:4

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"They kept the feast of booths, as it is written, and offered the daily burnt offerings by number, according to the ordinance, as the duty of every day required;"

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1 Chronicles 29:21

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"They sacrificed sacrifices to the LORD and offered burnt offerings to the LORD on the next day after that day, even one thousand bulls, one thousand rams, and one thousand lambs, with their drink offerings and sacrifices in abundance for all Israel,"

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1 Chronicles 23:31

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"and to offer all burnt offerings to the LORD on the Sabbaths, on the new moons, and on the set feasts, in number according to the ordinance concerning them, continually before the LORD;"

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Judges 21:4

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"On the next day, the people rose early and built an altar there, and offered burnt offerings and peace offerings."

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1 Maccabees 4:1

"Gorgias took five thousand infantry, a thousand chosen cavalry, and the army moved out at night,"

1 Maccabees 4:2

"that it might fall upon the army of the Jews and strike them suddenly. The men of the citadel were his guides."

1 Maccabees 4:3

"Judas heard of this, and he and the valiant men moved, that he might strike the king’s army which was at Emmaus"

1 Maccabees 4:4

"while the forces were still dispersed from the camp."

1 Maccabees 4:5

"Gorgias came into the camp of Judas at night and found no man. He sought them in the mountains; for he said, “These men are running away from us.”"

1 Maccabees 4:6

"As soon as it was day, Judas appeared in the plain with three thousand men. However they didn’t have the armor and swords they desired."

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