2 Maccabees 1:18

18 Therefore, whereas we purpose to keep the purification of the temple on the five and twentieth day of the month of Casleu, we thought it necessary to signify it to you: that you also may keep the day of Scenopegia, and the day of the fire, that was given when Nehemias offered sacrifice, after the temple and the altar was built.

2 Maccabees 1:18 — New Revised Standard Version: Updated Edition (NRSVue)

18 Since on the twenty-fifth day of Chislev we shall celebrate the purification of the temple, we thought it necessary to notify you, in order that you also may celebrate the Festival of Booths and the fire given when Nehemiah, who built the temple and the altar, offered sacrifices.

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