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2 Maccabees 10:7

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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.

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Verse 7. Green. Greek “beautiful;” probably the orange tree. Leviticus 23:40. See diss. on mandrakes. Calmet. Bible.

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