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and sent to Holofernes and said, "Let my lord now command that your servant be permitted to go out and pray."
7
So Holofernes commanded his guards not to hinder her. And she remained in the camp for three days, and went out each night to the valley of Bethulia, and bathed at the spring in the camp.
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.
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.