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and sent word to Holofernes, saying, "Please, my master, issue an order permitting your servant to go out and pray."
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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.
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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.
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On the fourth day Holofernes hosted a party for his closest attendants and didn't send an invitation to anyone besides them.