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Then said Judith unto him As thy soul liveth, my lord, thine handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by mine hand the things that he hath determined.
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Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
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And sent to Holofernes, saving, 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 to the raising up of the children of her people.