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And tumbled his body down from the bed, and pulled down the canopy from the pillars; and
anon after she went forth, and gave Holofernes his head to her maid;
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And she put it in her bag of meat: so they twain went together according to their custom unto
prayer: and when they passed the camp, they compassed the valley, and went up the mountain of
Bethulia, and came to the gates thereof.
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Then said Judith afar off, to the watchmen at the gate, Open, open now the gate: God, even
our God, is with us, to shew his power yet in Jerusalem, and his forces against the enemy, as he
hath even done this day.
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Now when the men of her city heard her voice, they made haste to go down to the gate of
their city, and they called the elders of the city.
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And then they ran all together, both small and great, for it was strange unto them that she was
come: so they opened the gate, and received them, and made a fire for a light, and stood round
about them.
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Then she said to them with a loud voice, Praise, praise God, praise God, I say, for he hath not
taken away his mercy from the house of Israel, but hath destroyed our enemies by mine hands this
night.
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So she took the head out of the bag, and shewed it, and said unto them, behold the head of
Holofernes, the chief captain of the army of Assur, and behold the canopy, wherein he did lie in
his drunkenness; and the Lord hath smitten him by the hand of a woman.
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As the Lord liveth, who hath kept me in my way that I went, my countenance hath deceived
him to his destruction, and yet hath he not committed sin with me, to defile and shame me.
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Then all the people were wonderfully astonished, and bowed themselves and worshipped
God, and said with one accord, Blessed be thou, O our God, which hast this day brought to nought
the enemies of thy people.
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Then said Ozias unto her, O daughter, blessed art thou of the most high God above all the
women upon the earth; and blessed be the Lord God, which hath created the heavens and the earth,
which hath directed thee to the cutting off of the head of the chief of our enemies.
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For this thy confidence shall not depart from the heart of men, which remember the power of
God for ever.
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And God turn these things to thee for a perpetual praise, to visit thee in good things because
thou hast not spared thy life for the affliction of our nation, but hast revenged our ruin, walking a
straight way before our God. And all the people said; So be it, so be it.
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Then said Judith unto them, Hear me now, my brethren, and take this head, and hang it upon the
highest place of your walls.
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