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The elderly priest burns incense on the small new altar while the seven lamps remain unlit.
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Historical Library · Deuterocanonical Literature
1 Maccabees 4

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· Greek

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Source edition: lxx-swete-1909

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    1 Maccabees 4:50

    Incense and Lamplight

    The Sanctuary Dedicated Again · 1 Maccabees 4

    Story guide: The elder burns incense on the small altar before the younger priest lights the last lamp on the seven-lamp stand.

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    50And they burned incense on the altar, and they lit the lamps that were on the lampstand, and they shone in the temple.

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