8
When she came up from the spring she prayed the Lord God of Israel to direct her way for the raising up of her people.
9
So she returned clean and stayed in the tent until she ate her food toward evening.
10
On the fourth day Holofernes held a banquet for his slave only, and did not invite any of his officers.
11
And he said to Bagoas, the eunuch who had charge of his personal affairs, "Go now and persuade the Hebrew woman who is in your care to join us and eat and drink with us.
12
For it will be a disgrace if we let such a woman go without enjoying her company, for if we do not embrace her she will laugh at us."
Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright 1952 [2nd edition, 1971] by the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.