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Judith 4:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Judith 4:8-10
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Prayer and Penance
8 So the Israelites did as they had been ordered by the high priest Joakim and the council of the whole people of Israel, in session at Jerusalem.(A) 9 And every man of Israel cried out to God with great fervor, and they humbled themselves with much fasting. 10 They and their wives and their children and their cattle and every resident alien and hired laborer and purchased slave—they all put sackcloth around their waists.(B)
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