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'As we shall be celebrating the purification of the Temple on the twenty-fifth of Chislev, we consider it proper to notify you, so that you too may celebrate it, as you do the feast of Shelters and the fire that appeared when Nehemiah, the builder of the Temple and the altar, offered sacrifice. (2 Maccabees 1, 18)
For when our ancestors were being deported to Persia, the devout priests of the time took some of the fire from the altar and hid it secretly in a hole like a dry well, where they concealed it in such a way that the place was unknown to anyone. (2 Maccabees 1, 19)
When they had done this, Nehemiah ordered the priests to pour this liquid over the sacrificial materials, that is, the wood and what lay on it. (2 Maccabees 1, 21)
When this had been done, and when in due course the sun, which had previously been clouded over, shone out, a great fire flared up, to the astonishment of all. (2 Maccabees 1, 22)
While the sacrifice was being burned, the priests offered prayer, Jonathan intoning with all the priests, and the rest responding with Nehemiah. (2 Maccabees 1, 23)
the only provider, who alone are just, almighty and everlasting, the deliverer of Israel from every evil, who made our fathers your chosen ones and sanctified them, (2 Maccabees 1, 25)
accept this sacrifice on behalf of all your people Israel, and protect your heritage and consecrate it. (2 Maccabees 1, 26)
Bring together those of us who are dispersed, set free those in slavery among the heathen, look favourably on those held in contempt or abhorrence, and let the heathen know that you are our God. (2 Maccabees 1, 27)
and plant your people firmly in your Holy Place, as Moses promised." (2 Maccabees 1, 29)
When the sacrifice had been burnt, Nehemiah ordered the remaining liquid to be poured over large stones, (2 Maccabees 1, 31)
When the matter became known and the king of the Persians heard that, in the place where the exiled priests had hidden the fire, a liquid had appeared, with which Nehemiah and his people had purified the sacrificial offerings, (2 Maccabees 1, 33)
Nehemiah and his people termed this stuff "nephtar", which means "purification", but it is commonly called "naphta". (2 Maccabees 1, 36)
