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For thy servant is religious and serveth the God of heaven day and night. Now therefore, my lord, I will remain with thee, and thy servant will go out by night into the valley and I will pray unto God, and He will tell me when they have committed their sins.
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And I will come and tell it unto thee; then thou shalt go forth with all thine army, and there shall be none of them who shall resist thee.
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And I will lead thee through the midst of Judea until thou come before Jerusalem, and I will set thy throne in the midst thereof; and thou shalt drive them as sheep that have no shepherd, and a dog shall not so much as open his mouth at thee. For these things were told me according to my foreknowledge, and they were declared unto me, and I am sent to tell thee."
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Then her words pleased Holofernes and all his servants, and they marveled at her wisdom and said,
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"There is not such a woman from one end of the earth to the other, both for beauty of face and wisdom of words."