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And next, he must concern himself with the altar of burnt-sacrifice, that was now all defiled. (1 Maccabees 4, 44)
And it was good counsel they took; the altar must be destroyed, else the day when the Gentiles polluted it should be remembered to their shame. So destroy it they did, (1 Maccabees 4, 45)
Then they raised a new altar in place of the old, using stones that had never felt the pick, as the law bade;✻ (1 Maccabees 4, 47)
New appurtenances, too, the temple must have, lamp-stand, incense-altar and table be restored to it; (1 Maccabees 4, 49)
incense be put on the altar, lamps kindled to light the holy place, (1 Maccabees 4, 50)
and offered sacrifice, as the law bade, on the new altar they had set up. (1 Maccabees 4, 53)
and for eight days together they celebrated the altar’s renewal, burned victim and brought welcome-offering with glad and grateful hearts. (1 Maccabees 4, 56)
No wonder if Judas and his brethren, with the whole assembly of Israel, made a decree that this feast should be kept year by year for eight days together, the feast-day of the altar’s dedication.✻ Came that season, from the twenty-fifth day of Casleu onwards, all was to be rejoicing and holiday. (1 Maccabees 4, 59)
Great indignation had the Gentiles that lived round about, when they heard that altar and temple were standing as of old. (1 Maccabees 5, 1)
here was a temple of great magnificence, that had golden armour in it, breastplate and shield left there by Philip’s son, Alexander of Macedon, the first overlord of Greece. (1 Maccabees 6, 2)
gone was that defiling image he had set up over the altar at Jerusalem; high walls, as of old, protected the sanctuary; nay, they had made shift to fortify his own stronghold of Bethsura. (1 Maccabees 6, 7)
and the priests must take themselves back within the walls, where they stood before altar and temple, praying very mournfully. (1 Maccabees 7, 36)
