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Judith 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
Judith 2:5-7
New Catholic Bible
5 “Thus says the great king, the lord of all the earth: ‘Go forth from my presence and take with you men of unquestioned valor, one hundred and twenty thousand infantrymen and twelve thousand cavalry. 6 March against all the peoples of the west because they refused to comply with my command. 7 Advise them to have earth and water ready,[a] for I am moving against them in my wrath and I will cover the entire extent of their territory with the feet of my soldiers, to whom I will deliver them to be plundered.
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- Judith 2:7 To have earth and water ready: a Persian way of speaking to indicate the provisions for troops that were moving through a country. In general, as we know from Greek historians, the Persians sought submission by pretending to offer earth and water.
