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Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this wickedness, ran unto them.
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And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we, and opened the door, and leaped out.
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But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us: these things do we testify.
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Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so they condemned her to death.
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Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
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Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
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And the Lord heard her voice.
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Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young youth whose name was Daniel:
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Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
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Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast spoken?
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So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?