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then wilt thou delight in right sacrifices, in burnt offerings and whole burnt offerings; then bulls will be offered on thy altar. (Psalms 51, 19)
The LORD is God, and he has given us light. Bind the festal procession with branches, up to the horns of the altar! (Psalms 118, 27)
He arrogantly entered the sanctuary and took the golden altar, the lampstand for the light, and all its utensils. (1 Maccabees 1, 21)
Now on the fifteenth day of Chislev, in the one hundred and forty-fifth year, they erected a desolating sacrilege upon the altar of burnt offering. They also built altars in the surrounding cities of Judah, (1 Maccabees 1, 54)
And on the twenty-fifth day of the month they offered sacrifice on the altar which was upon the altar of burnt offering. (1 Maccabees 1, 59)
When he had finished speaking these words, a Jew came forward in the sight of all to offer sacrifice upon the altar in Modein, according to the king's command. (1 Maccabees 2, 23)
When Mattathias saw it, be burned with zeal and his heart was stirred. He gave vent to righteous anger; he ran and killed him upon the altar. (1 Maccabees 2, 24)
At the same time he killed the king's officer who was forcing them to sacrifice, and he tore down the altar. (1 Maccabees 2, 25)
And they saw the sanctuary desolate, the altar profaned, and the gates burned. In the courts they saw bushes sprung up as in a thicket, or as on one of the mountains. They saw also the chambers of the priests in ruins. (1 Maccabees 4, 38)
They deliberated what to do about the altar of burnt offering, which had been profaned. (1 Maccabees 4, 44)
And they thought it best to tear it down, lest it bring reproach upon them, for the Gentiles had defiled it. So they tore down the altar, (1 Maccabees 4, 45)
Then they took unhewn stones, as the law directs, and built a new altar like the former one. (1 Maccabees 4, 47)
