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he_o a_o house_n in_o jerusalem_n which_o therefore_o be_v call_v the_o holy_a city_n and_o the_o city_n of_o the_o great_a king_n the_o tabernacle_n a_o movable_a temple_n that_o may_v be_v take_v asunder_o and_o join_v together_o again_o be_v by_o god_n commandment_n erect_v in_o the_o wilderness_n in_o the_o same_o manner_n and_o of_o the_o same_o matter_n which_o god_n have_v both_o command_v and_o show_v to_o moses_n in_o the_o mount_n the_o matter_n and_o form_n whereof_o with_o all_o that_o thereunto_o appertain_v the_o ark_n the_o candlestick_n the_o altar_n etc_n etc_n in_o the_o book_n of_o exodus_fw-la be_v lively_o declare_v it_o be_v after_o as_o we_o read_v in_o the_o book_n of_o 3.10.15_o joshua_n with_o great_a solemnity_n carry_v miraculous_o through_o jordan_n by_o the_o levite_n depute_v to_o that_o service_n and_o after_o their_o conquest_n of_o the_o country_n 18.1_o place_v in_o shilo_n a_o city_n of_o ephraim_n there_o do_v joshua_n divide_v the_o land_n to_o 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2.5_o it_o be_v say_v the_o author_n of_o the_o second_o book_n of_o the_o maccabee_n hiddne_v by_o jeremia_n the_o prophet_n but_o that_o author_n be_v behold_v to_o the_o council_n of_o trent_n for_o his_o credit_n the_o jew_n themselves_o in_o that_o point_n not_o believe_v he_o chron._n who_o affirm_v that_o the_o second_o temple_n come_v short_a of_o the_o former_a by_o the_o want_n of_o the_o fire_n from_o heaven_n of_o the_o ark_n of_o the_o urim_n and_o thummim_n of_o the_o succession_n of_o prophet_n and_o the_o glory_n of_o god_n between_o the_o cherubim_n the_o temple_n be_v build_v on_o mount_n moriah_n by_o solomon_n according_a to_o the_o 28.11.12_o pattern_n which_o he_o have_v receive_v of_o david_n to_o which_o work_n he_o have_v gather_v a_o great_a mass_n of_o wealth_n then_o easy_o we_o shall_v read_v of_o in_o the_o persian_a greek_a roman_a or_o any_o other_o christian_n turkish_a or_o heathen_a empire_n 22.14_o namely_o one_o hundred_o thousand_o talent_n of_o 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anathema_n upon_o anathema_n that_o concern_v their_o become_a proselyte_n drusius_n doubt_v whether_o it_o may_v not_o be_v translate_v that_o a_o stranger_n cuthaean_n shall_v not_o abide_v in_o israel_n which_o be_v more_o likely_a the_o other_o have_v be_v more_o impious_a their_o zeal_n to_o make_v proselyte_n of_o all_o nation_n be_v know_v to_o return_v to_o manasses_n josephus_n say_v that_o the_o high_a priest_n and_o the_o elder_n put_v he_o from_o the_o altar_n who_o therefore_o go_v to_o sanballat_n his_o father_n in_o law_n and_o tell_v he_o that_o he_o love_v his_o daughter_n well_o but_o will_v not_o for_o she_o lose_v his_o priesthood_n sanballat_n reply_v that_o if_o he_o will_v retain_v his_o daughter_n he_o will_v not_o only_o maintain_v he_o in_o his_o priesthood_n but_o procure_v he_o a_o high-priest_n place_n and_o make_v he_o prince_n of_o all_o his_o province_n and_o will_v build_v a_o temple_n like_o to_o that_o of_o jerusalem_n in_o mount_n garizim_n which_o 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