Topic
Feast of Dedication, The
2 passages cited, from 1 classic reference work.
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The verses
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- Daniel 11:31Torrey To commemorate the cleansing of the temple after its defilement by Antiochus
And arms shall stand on his part, and they shall pollute the sanctuary of strength, and shall take away the daily sacrifice, and they shall place the abomination that maketh desolate.
- John 10:22Torrey Held in the winter month, Chisleu
¶ And it was at Jerusalem the feast of the dedication, and it was winter.
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Texts: Torrey's New Topical Textbook (1897), from the CrossWire SWORD modules (public domain). Verse references were parsed from the works' own markup and checked against the KJV verse list.