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And there were two of the ancients of the people appointed judges that year, of whom the Lord said: Iniquity came out from Babylon from the ancient judges, that seemed to govern the people.
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These men frequented the house of Joakim, and all that had any matters of judgment came to them.
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And when the people departed away at noon, Susanna went in, and walked in her husband's orchard.
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And the old men saw her going in every day, and walking: and they were inflamed with lust towards her:
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And they perverted their own mind and turned away their eyes that they might not look unto heaven, nor remember just judgments.