Therefore whereas we are now purposed to keep the purification of the temple upon the five and twentieth day of the month Casleu, we thought it necessary to certify you thereof, that ye also might keep it, as the feast of the tabernacles, and of the fire, which was given us when Neemias offered sacrifice, after that he had builded the temple and the altar.
Since we intend to celebrate the purification of the temple on the twenty-fifth of Chislev, we thought it right to inform you, so that you too may observe it, like the Feast of Tabernacles and the feast of the fire that was given when Nehemiah, after rebuilding the temple and altar, offered sacrifices.
