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And her husband was Manasses, who died in the time of the barley harvest:
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For he was standing over them that bound sheaves in the field ; and the heat came upon his head, and he died in Bethulia his own city, and was buried there with his fathers.
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And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months.
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And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house, in which she abode shut up with her maids.
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And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the house of Israel.