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Any books of the Law that came to light were torn up and burned. (1 Maccabees 1, 56)
For our part, though we have no need of these, having the consolation of the holy books in our possession, (1 Maccabees 12, 9)
'In addition to the above, it was also recorded, both in these writings and in the Memoirs of Nehemiah, how Nehemiah founded a library and made a collection of the books dealing with the kings and the prophets, the writings of David and the letters of the kings on the subject of offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 13)
Similarly, Judas made a complete collection of the books dispersed in the late war, and these we still have. (2 Maccabees 2, 14)
all this, already related in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we shall attempt to condense into a single work. (2 Maccabees 2, 23)
Furthermore, my child, you must realise that writing books involves endless hard work, and that much study wearies the body. (Ecclesiastes 12, 12)
A stream of fire poured out, issuing from his presence. A thousand thousand waited on him, ten thousand times ten thousand stood before him. The court was in session and the books lay open. (Daniel 7, 10)
There was much else that Jesus did; if it were written down in detail, I do not suppose the world itself would hold all the books that would be written. (John 21, 25)
and a number of them who had practised magic collected their books and made a bonfire of them in public. The value of these was calculated to be fifty thousand silver pieces. (Acts 19, 19)
I saw the dead, great and small alike, standing in front of his throne while the books lay open. And another book was opened, which is the book of life, and the dead were judged from what was written in the books, as their deeds deserved. (Revelation 20, 12)
