Judith 12:13-15

Good News Translation

¹³So Bagoas left Holofernes and went to Judith.
Lovely lady, he said,
the general invites you to his tent for some drinks. Come and enjoy yourself like the Assyrian women who serve in Nebuchadnezzar's palace. This is a great honor.

¹⁴I shall be glad to accept, Judith answered.
How could I refuse? I'll remember this happy night as long as I live.

¹⁵So Judith got up and put on her prettiest clothes. Her slave woman went ahead of her and placed on the ground in front of Holofernes the lamb skins that Bagoas had given Judith to sit on when she ate.

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