OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 4:46

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and laid up the stones on the temple hill in a convenient place, until a prophet would come to give an answer concerning them.

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Verse 46. Stones; rough, and covered with brass: (Exodus 20:25) though this latter circumstances is not certain with respect to the altar built by the captives.—Prophet. None was recognized after Malachias, as God prepared his people to pay more attention to the Messias.

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