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2 Maccabees 2:6 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition

" Some of those who followed with him came there that they might mark the way, and could not find it. "

2 Maccabees 2:6

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4 It was in the writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him, when he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and saw God’s inheritance.

5 Jeremiah came and found a cave, he brought the tabernacle, the ark, and the altar of incense into it; then he sealed the entrance.

6 Some of those who followed with him came there that they might mark the way, and could not find it.

7 But when Jeremiah learned about that, he rebuked them, saying, “The place shall be unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy.

8 Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord shall be seen with the cloud, as it was also shown to Moses, also as Solomon implored that the place might be consecrated greatly,

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2 Maccabees 2:1

"It is also found in the records that Jeremiah the prophet commanded those who were carried away to take some of the fire, as has been mentioned,"

2 Maccabees 2:2

"and how that the prophet charged those who were carried away, having given them the law, that they should not forget the statutes of the Lord or be led astray in their minds when they saw images of gold and silver, and their adornment."

2 Maccabees 2:3

"With other such words he exhorted them, that the law should not depart from their hearts."

2 Maccabees 2:4

"It was in the writing that the prophet, being warned by God, commanded that the tabernacle and the ark should follow with him, when he went out to the mountain where Moses had gone up and saw God’s inheritance."

2 Maccabees 2:5

"Jeremiah came and found a cave, he brought the tabernacle, the ark, and the altar of incense into it; then he sealed the entrance."

2 Maccabees 2:7

"But when Jeremiah learned about that, he rebuked them, saying, “The place shall be unknown until God gathers the people together again and shows mercy."

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