OLD TESTAMENT

1 Maccabees 7:49

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49

They ordained to keep this day year by year on the thirteenth day of Adar.

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EXPLANATION

Verse 49. Thirteenth. The day before the feast of Purim, ( Bible.) or “lots.” It was observed in the time of Josephus. Calmet.

EXPLANATION

See 2 Maccabees 15:36.

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