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3 Maccabees 1:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
3 Maccabees 1:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 Those women who had recently been arrayed for marriage abandoned the bridal chambers[a] prepared for wedded union and, neglecting proper modesty, in a disorderly rush flocked together in the city.(A) 20 Mothers and nurses abandoned even newborn children here and there, some in houses and some in the streets, and without a backward look they crowded together at the most high temple. 21 Various were the supplications of those gathered there because of what the king was profanely plotting.(B)
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- 1.19 Or the canopies
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