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Jerusalem will be sacred and exempt, with its territory, from tithes and dues. (1 Maccabees 10, 31)
For our part, though we have no need of these, having the consolation of the holy books in our possession, (1 Maccabees 12, 9)
and gave new splendour to the Temple, enriching it with many sacred vessels. (1 Maccabees 14, 15)
'It has fallen to him in his time to expel the foreigners from his country, including those in the City of David in Jerusalem, who had converted it into a citadel for their own use, from which they would sally out to defile the surroundings of the sanctuary and to violate its sacred character; (1 Maccabees 14, 36)
the king, after verifying the facts, had the place enclosed and pronounced sacred. (2 Maccabees 1, 34)
'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)
the priests in their sacred vestments prostrated themselves before the altar and prayed to Heaven, to the Author of the law governing deposits, to preserve these funds intact for the depositors. (2 Maccabees 3, 15)
No time was lost in carrying out this unjust punishment on those who had championed the cause of the city, the townships and the sacred vessels. (2 Maccabees 4, 48)
with impure hands he seized the sacred vessels; with impious hands he seized the offerings presented by other kings for the aggrandisement, glory and dignity of the holy place. (2 Maccabees 5, 16)
The Temple was filled with revelling and debauchery by the gentiles, who took their pleasure with prostitutes and had intercourse with women in the sacred precincts, introducing other indecencies besides. (2 Maccabees 6, 4)
