7 Therefore carrying wands wreathed with leaves, and beautiful branches, and palm fronds also, they offered up hymns of thanksgiving to him who had successfully brought to pass the cleansing of his own place. (WEB) 8 They ordained also with a public statute and decree, for all the nation of the Jews, that they should observe these days every year. (WEB) 9 Such were the events of the end of Antiochus, who was called Epiphanes. (WEB)
2 Maccabees 10:7–9
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