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And Judith said: As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend all these things till God do by my hand that which I have purposed. And his servants brought her into the tent which he had commanded.
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And when she was going in, she desired that she might have liberty to go out at night and before day to prayer, and to beseech the Lord.
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And he commanded his chamberlains, that she might go out and in, to adore her God as she pleased, for three days.
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And she went out in the nights into the valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water.
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And as she came up, she prayed to the Lord the God of Israel, that he would direct her way to the deliverance of his people.