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and how, having given them the Law, the prophet warned the deportees never to forget the Lord's precepts, nor to let their thoughts be tempted by the sight of gold and silver statues or the finery adorning them. (2 Maccabees 2, 2)
'The same document also describes how the prophet, warned by an oracle, gave orders for the tent and the ark to go with him, when he set out for the mountain which Moses had climbed to survey God's heritage. (2 Maccabees 2, 4)
Then the Lord will bring these things once more to light, and the glory of the Lord will be seen, and so will the cloud, as it was revealed in the time of Moses and when Solomon prayed that the holy place might be gloriously hallowed." (2 Maccabees 2, 8)
'It was also recorded how Solomon in his wisdom offered the sacrifice of the dedication and completion of the sanctuary. (2 Maccabees 2, 9)
As Moses had prayed to the Lord and fire had come down from heaven and burned up the sacrifice, so Solomon also prayed, and the fire from above consumed the burnt offerings. (2 Maccabees 2, 10)
Moses had said, "Because the sacrifice for sin had not been eaten, it was burnt instead." (2 Maccabees 2, 11)
'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)
The story of Judas Maccabaeus and his brothers, the purification of the great Temple, the dedication of the altar, (2 Maccabees 2, 19)
together with the wars against Antiochus Epiphanes and his son Eupator, (2 Maccabees 2, 20)
and the celestial manifestations that came to hearten the brave champions of Judaism, so that, few though they were, they pillaged the whole country, routed the barbarian hordes, (2 Maccabees 2, 21)
recovered the sanctuary renowned the whole world over, liberated the city and re-established the laws by then all but abolished, the Lord showing his favour by all his gracious help to them- (2 Maccabees 2, 22)
all this, already related in five books by Jason of Cyrene, we shall attempt to condense into a single work. (2 Maccabees 2, 23)
