3 Maccabees 1:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised
18 Young women who had been secluded in their chambers rushed out with their mothers, sprinkled their hair with dust,[a] and filled the streets with groans and lamentations. 19 Those women who had recently been arrayed for marriage abandoned the bridal chambers[b] prepared for wedded union, and, neglecting proper modesty, in a disorderly rush flocked together in the city. 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.
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- 3 Maccabees 1:18 Other ancient authorities add and ashes
- 3 Maccabees 1:19 Or the canopies
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