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And these wicked men commanded to uncover her face, (for she was covered) that they might
be filled with her beauty.
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Therefore her friends and all that saw her wept.
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Then the two elders stood up in the midst of the people, and laid their hands upon her head.
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And she weeping looked up toward heaven: for her heart trusted in the Lord.
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And the elders said, As we walked in the garden alone, this woman came in with two maids,
and shut the garden doors, and sent the maids away.
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Then a young man, who there was hid, came unto her, and lay with her.
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Then we that stood in a corner of the garden, seeing this wickedness, ran unto them.
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And when we saw them together, the man we could not hold: for he was stronger than we,
and opened the door, and leaped out.
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But having taken this woman, we asked who the young man was, but she would not tell us:
these things do we testify.
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Then the assembly believed them as those that were the elders and judges of the people: so
they condemned her to death.
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Then Susanna cried out with a loud voice, and said, O everlasting God, that knowest the
secrets, and knowest all things before they be:
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Thou knowest that they have borne false witness against me, and, behold, I must die; whereas
I never did such things as these men have maliciously invented against me.
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And the Lord heard her voice.
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Therefore when she was led to be put to death, the Lord raised up the holy spirit of a young
youth whose name was Daniel:
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Who cried with a loud voice, I am clear from the blood of this woman.
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Then all the people turned them toward him, and said, What mean these words that thou hast
spoken?
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So he standing in the midst of them said, Are ye such fools, ye sons of Israel, that without
examination or knowledge of the truth ye have condemned a daughter of Israel?
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Return again to the place of judgment: for they have borne false witness against her.
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Wherefore all the people turned again in haste, and the elders said unto him, Come, sit down
among us, and shew it us, seeing God hath given thee the honour of an elder.
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Then said Daniel unto them, Put these two aside one far from another, and I will examine
them.
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So when they were put asunder one from another, he called one of them, and said unto him,
O thou that art waxen old in wickedness, now thy sins which thou hast committed aforetime are
come to light.
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For thou hast pronounced false judgment and hast condemned the innocent and hast let the
guilty go free; albeit the Lord saith, The innocent and righteous shalt thou not slay.
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