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Our soul has passed through a torrent. Perhaps, our soul had even passed through intolerable water. (Psalms 123, 5)
I have extended my hands to you. My soul is like a land without water before you. (Psalms 142, 6)
And Timothy said to the leaders of his army: “When Judas and his army approach, close to the torrent of water, if he crosses over to us first, we will not be able to withstand him. For he will be able to prevail against us. (1 Maccabees 5, 40)
But when Judas approached, close to the torrent of water, he stationed the scribes of the people near the torrent, and he commanded them, saying, “Permit no man to stay behind, but let all come into the battle.” (1 Maccabees 5, 42)
And Jonathan and his brother Simon knew of this, and so did all who were with them. And they fled into the desert of Tekoa, and they settled by the water of lake Asphar. (1 Maccabees 9, 33)
For behold, the war is before us, and truly, with the water of the Jordan here and there, and the banks, and the marshes, and the woods: there is no place for us to turn aside. (1 Maccabees 9, 45)
And Jonathan and his camp took a position by the water of Gennesaret, and, before first light, they were standing watch in the plains of Hazor. (1 Maccabees 11, 67)
Therefore, establishing the purification of the temple on the twenty-fifth day of the month of Kislev, we considered it necessary to signify this to you, so that you, likewise, may keep the day of shelters, and the day of the fire that was given when Nehemiah offered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar had been built. (2 Maccabees 1, 18)
But when many years had passed, and it pleased God that Nehemiah should be sent by the king of Persia, he sent some of the posterity of those priests who had hidden it to seek the fire. And, just as they told us, they did not find fire, but only deep water. (2 Maccabees 1, 20)
Then he ordered them to draw it up and to carry it to him. And the priest, Nehemiah, ordered the sacrifices, which had been set out, to be sprinkled with the same water, both the wood and those things that were placed on it. (2 Maccabees 1, 21)
But when the sacrifice had been consumed, Nehemiah ordered the remainder of the water to be poured upon the great stones. (2 Maccabees 1, 31)
In truth, when this thing became known, it was reported to the king of Persia that in the place where the fire had been hidden by those priests who had been led away, water appeared, by which Nehemiah, and those who were with him, purified the sacrifices. (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
