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2 Maccabees 3:18-20
Revised Standard Version
2 Maccabees 3:18-20
Revised Standard Version
18 People also hurried out of their houses in crowds to make a general supplication because the holy place was about to be brought into contempt. 19 Women, girded with sackcloth under their breasts, thronged the streets. Some of the maidens who were kept indoors ran together to the gates, and some to the walls, while others peered out of the windows. 20 And holding up their hands to heaven, they all made entreaty.
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