2 Maccabees 1:18

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Fire Consumes Nehemiah’s Sacrifice

¹⁸ Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the Festival of Booths^[a] and the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices.^(A)