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Nehemiah 8:18

Also day by day, from the first day unto the last day, he read in the book of the law of God. And they kept the feast seven days; and on the eighth day was a solemn assembly, according to the ordinance.

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George Leo Haydock

AD 1849

Assembly. Literally, "the collect. "(Haydock) Hebrew, "the day of retention "the people being kept at the temple. (Calmet) Septuagint, "the dismiss ion "as they were afterwards permitted to depart. (Haydock) See Leviticus xxiii. 26. It was probably on this occasion, that the sacred fire was found again; (2 Machabees i. 18.; Calmet) and also the ark, the tabernacle, and the altar of incense, which had been hidden by Jeremias, 2 Machabees ii. 4. (Torniel, the year of the world 3610.) (Cano) But this is not so certain. (Haydock) (Calmet, Diss.)

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