Judith 12:6-8
New American Bible (Revised Edition)
6 and sent this message to Holofernes, “Give orders, my lord, to let your servant go out for prayer.” 7 So Holofernes ordered his guards not to hinder her. Thus she stayed in the camp three days. Each night she went out to the valley of Bethulia, where she bathed herself[a] at the spring of the camp.(A) 8 After bathing, she prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, to direct her way for the triumph of her people.
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