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So Holofernes ordered his bodyguards not to stop her. She remained in the camp for three days. Each night she went out to the Bethulia Valley and bathed in the spring of water near the camp.
5
Then Holofernes' attendants led her into the tent, and she slept there until the middle of the night. She got up when it was the first watch of the morning
6
and sent word to Holofernes, saying, "Please, my master, issue an order permitting your servant to go out and pray."
7
So Holofernes ordered his bodyguards not to stop her. She remained in the camp for three days. Each night she went out to the Bethulia Valley and bathed in the spring of water near the camp.
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When she came up from the water, she would pray to the Lord God of Israel to direct her way so as to uplift the children of her people.
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Then she returned purified to the tent and remained there until evening time, when her food was brought to her.