2 Maccabees 1:20

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2 Maccabees 1:20 (WEB)
Now after many years, when it pleased God, Nehemiah, having received a charge from the king of Persia, sent in quest of the fire the descendants of the priests who hid it. When they declared to us that they had found no fire, but thick liquid,

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Ambrose of Milan, On the Duties of the Clergy III.17Book III
“After a length of time, indeed, according to God’s good pleasure, He put it into the Persian king’s heart to order the temple in Judea to be restored, and the regular customs to be again rebuilt at Jerusalem.” — editor's note: 2 Macc. i. 20 ff.
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2 Maccabees 2:1
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.17.
2 Maccabees 2:5
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.17.
Leviticus 9:24
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.17.
Leviticus 10:2
Cited together in On the Duties of the Clergy III.17.

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Verse2 Maccabees 2:1
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VerseLeviticus 9:24
via On the Duties of the Clergy III.17
VerseLeviticus 10:2
via On the Duties of the Clergy III.17

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PassageOn the Duties of the Clergy III.17

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