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2 Maccabees 2: 1-18

1 In the records it will be found that Jeremiah the prophet ordered the deportees to take some of the fire with them as indicated,

2 and that the prophet, in giving them the law, directed the deportees not to forget the commandments of the Lord or be led astray in their thoughts, when seeing the gold and silver idols and their adornments.

3 With other similar words he exhorted them that the law should not depart from their hearts.

4 The same document also tells how the prophet, in virtue of an oracle, ordered that the tent and the ark should accompany him, and how he went to the very mountain that Moses climbed to behold God’s inheritance.

verses 4-5: This legendary account is given
for the purpose of explaining why the postexilic Temple
was the legitimate place of worship
even without these sacred objects.
The very mountain: Nebo;
cf. Dt 32:49; 34:1

Deuteronomy 32:49
(1599 Geneva Bible)
Go up into the mountain of Abarim, unto the mount Nebo,
which is in the land of Moab, that is over against Jericho:
and behold the land of Canaan,
which I give unto the children of Israel for a possession,

Deuteronomy 34:1
(1599 Geneva Bible)
Then Moses went from the plain of Moab
up into mount ^[a]Nebo unto the top of Pisgah
that is over against Jericho: and the Lord showed him
all the land of Gilead, unto Dan,
[a] Which was a part of mount Abarim,

5 When Jeremiah arrived there, he found a chamber in a cave in which he put the tent, the ark, and the altar of incense; then he sealed the entrance.

6 Some of those who followed him came up intending to mark the path, but they could not find it.

7 When Jeremiah heard of this, he reproved them: “The place is to remain unknown until God gathers his people together again and shows them mercy.

8 Then the Lord will disclose these things, and the glory of the Lord and the cloud will be seen, just as they appeared in the time of Moses and of Solomon when he prayed that the place might be greatly sanctified.”

verse 8: The place: the Temple of Jerusalem.

9 It is also related how Solomon in his wisdom offered a sacrifice for the dedication and the completion of the temple.

10 Just as Moses prayed to the Lord and fire descended from the sky and consumed the sacrifices, so also Solomon prayed and fire came down and consumed the burnt offerings.

11 Moses had said, “Because it had not been eaten, the purification offering was consumed.”

verse 11: The statement attributed here
to Moses seems to be based on Lv 10:16–20

Leviticus 10:16-20
(1599 Geneva Bible)
And Moses sought the goat that was offered for sin,
and lo, it was burnt: therefore he was angry
with Eleazar and Ithamar the sons of Aaron,
which were left alive, saying,
¹⁷ Wherefore have ye not eaten the sin offering in the holy place,
seeing it is most Holy? and God hath given it you,
to bear the iniquity of the Congregation,
to make an atonement for them before the Lord.
¹⁸ Behold, the blood of it was not brought within
the holy place: ye should have eaten it in the holy place, as I commanded.
¹⁹ And Aaron said unto Moses, Behold, this day have they offered their sin offering, and their burnt offering before the Lord, and such things as thou knowest are come unto me: If I had eaten the sin offering today, should it have been accepted in the sight of the Lord?
²⁰ So when Moses heard it, he was content.

12 Solomon also celebrated the feast in the same way for eight days.

13 These same things are also told in the records and in Nehemiah’s memoirs, as well as how he founded a library and collected the books about the kings and the prophets, the books of David, and the royal letters about votive offerings.

verse 13: Nehemiah’s memoirs: a lost apocryphal work

14 In like manner Judas also collected for us all the books that had been scattered because of the war, and we now have them in our possession.

15 If you need them, send messengers to get them for you.

16 As we are about to celebrate the purification, we are writing: you should celebrate the feast days.

17 It is God who has saved all his people and has restored to all of them their inheritance, the kingdom, the priesthood, and the sacred rites,

18 as he promised through the law. For we hope in God, that he will soon have mercy on us and gather us together from everywhere under the heavens to his holy place, for he has rescued us from great perils and has purified the place.

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