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and sent to Holofernes, saying, "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 for 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 ate her meat at evening.
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And on the fourth day Holofernes made a feast for his own servants only, and called none of the officers to the banquet.
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