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And sent to Holofernes, saving, Let my lord now command that thine handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
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Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.
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And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.
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So she came in clean, and remained in the tent, until she did eat her meat at evening.
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And in the fourth day Holofernes made a feast to his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.