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But if thou wilt not, we will bear witness against thee, that a young man was with thee, and therefore thou didst send away thy maids from thee.
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Susanna sighed, and said: I am straitened on every side: for if I do this thing, it is death to me: and if I do it not, I shall not escape your hands.
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But it is better for me to fall into your hands without doing it, than to sin in the sight of the Lord.
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With that Susanna cried out with a loud voice: and the elders also cried out against her.
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And one of them ran to the door of the orchard, and opened it.