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Susanna groaned and said, "I am completely trapped. For if I do this, it will mean death for me; if I do not, I cannot escape your hands.
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I choose not to do it; I will fall into your hands, rather than sin in the sight of the Lord."
24
Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and the two elders shouted against her.
25
And one of them ran and opened the garden doors.
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When the people in the house heard the shouting in the garden, they rushed in at the side door to see what had happened to her.
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