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10 And she smote twice on his neck, and she cutted off his head; and she took away his curtain from the pillars, and she wallowed (or rolled) away his body headless. [And she smote twice into his neck, and she cut off his head; and she took away his canopy from the pillars, and she turned out his body beheaded.]

11 And after a little [while] she went out, and she betook the head of Holofernes to her handmaid, and commanded, that she should put it into her script (or into her bag).

12 And the two women went out by their custom as (if) to (or for) prayer, and they passed the tents, that is, (the) host, of (the) Assyrians, and they compassed the valley, and came to the gate of the city.

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