1 One of our writings says that it was Jeremiah the prophet who ordered our people to hide some of the altar fire before we were forced to go to Persia, just as I have already told you.
2 We also know from this writing that Jeremiah taught these Jews the Law of the Lord. He warned them never to forget the Lord's commands after they arrived in Persia, and he also begged our people not to be tricked into worshiping idols, even the ones decorated with gold and silver.
3 He said many similar things, while urging them to always think about the teachings of the Law.
4 This same writing tells us that Jeremiah had a vision, in which he was ordered to take the sacred tent and the sacred chest to the mountain that Moses had climbed to look at the land God had promised us.
5 After Jeremiah came to the mountain, he found a big cave, where he hid the tent, the chest, and the altar for burning incense. Then he blocked the entrance to the cave.
6 Meanwhile, a few of our people had followed Jeremiah, hoping to mark the path to the cave, but they could not.
7 Jeremiah got angry with them when he discovered what they had tried to do, and he said:“No one can know about the cave until the Lord God has pity on us again and brings our people back home.