[annalex]

I found the clue to it all:

Young women who had been secluded in their chambers rushed out with their mothers, sprinkled their hair with dust, and filled the streets with groans and lamentations. (3 Macc. 1:18/NRSV)

So these virgins were in their houses and rushed to the temple with their mothers also in the 2 Maccabees scene in focus. Dr. Marhsall was tripped up by the error in the Vulgate.

[count-your-change]

“Dr. Marhsall was tripped up by the error in the Vulgate.”

And were you tripped up by the Dr.?