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"The God, the God of our fathers give thee favor, and accomplish thine enterprises to the glory of the children of Israel and to the exaltation of Jerusalem." Then they worshiped God.
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And she said unto them, "Command the gates of the city to be opened unto me, that I may go forth to accomplish the things whereof ye have spoken with me." So they commanded the young men to open unto her, as she had spoken.
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And when they had done so, Judith went out, she and her maid with her; and the men of the city looked after her until she had gone down the mountain, and till she had passed the valley and could see her no more.
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Thus they went straight forth in the valley; and the first watch of the Assyrians met her,
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and took her and asked her, "Of what people art thou? And from whence comest thou? And whither goest thou?" And she said, "I am a woman of the Hebrews, and have fled from them; for they shall be given you to be consumed.
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And I am coming before Holofernes the chief captain of your army to declare words of truth; and I will show him a way whereby he shall go and win all the hill country without losing the body or life of any one of his men.
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Now when the men heard her words and beheld her countenance, they wondered greatly at her beauty, and said unto her,
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"Thou hast saved thy life in that thou hast hastened to come down to the presence of our lord. Now therefore come to his tent, and some of us shall conduct thee until they have delivered thee to his hands.
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And when thou standest before him, be not afraid in thine heart, but show unto him according to thy word, and he will treat thee well."
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Then they chose out of them a hundred men to accompany her and her maid, and they brought her to the tent of Holofernes.
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Then was there a concourse throughout all the camp, for her coming was noised among the tents; and they came about her as she stood outside the tent of Holofernes till they told him of her.