Judith 10:12

12 They arrested her and asked, "Who are your people? Where did you come from? And where are you going?" She replied, "I'm a daughter of the Hebrews, and I'm escaping from them because they are about to be handed over to you to be consumed.

Judith 10:12 In-Context

10 When they did so, Judith went out, along with her servant. The men of the city watched her until she went down the hill and passed through the valley, until they could no longer see her.
11 Judith and her female servant continued to go straight through the valley until an Assyrian patrol met them.
12 They arrested her and asked, "Who are your people? Where did you come from? And where are you going?" She replied, "I'm a daughter of the Hebrews, and I'm escaping from them because they are about to be handed over to you to be consumed.
13 I'm going to see Holofernes the general of your army, to bring to him a true report of the situation. Furthermore, I will show him a road he can use to control all of the highlands without losing the life of even one of his men."
14 When the men heard her words and saw her face (for they found her very beautiful), they said to her,
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