Catholic Public Domain Version

2 Maccabees 1:29-32 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

29. Establish your people in your holy place, just as Moses said."

30. And so the priests sang hymns until the sacrifice had been consumed.

31. But when the sacrifice had been consumed, Nehemiah ordered the remainder of the water to be poured upon the great stones.

32. When this had been done, a flame was kindled from them, but it was consumed by the light that shined brightly from the altar.