Moreover Judas and his brethren with the whole congregation of Israel ordained, that the days of the dedication of the altar should be kept in their season from year to year by the space of eight days, from the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, with mirth and gladness.
Judas and his brothers, together with the whole assembly of Israel, decreed that the days of the dedication of the altar should be celebrated every year at their proper time, for eight days beginning on the twenty-fifth of Kislev, with joy and gladness.