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Not only have they made up their minds to eat the first-fruits of corn and the tithes of wine and oil, though these have been consecrated by them and set apart for the priests who serve in Jerusalem in the presence of our God, and may not lawfully even be handled by ordinary people, (Judith 11, 13)
but they have sent men to Jerusalem -- where the inhabitants are doing much the same -- to bring them back authorisation from the Council of Elders. (Judith 11, 14)
Now this will be the outcome: when the permission arrives and they act on it, that very day they will be delivered over to you for destruction. (Judith 11, 15)
'When I, your servant, came to know all this, I fled from them. God has sent me to do things with you at which the world will be astonished when it hears. (Judith 11, 16)
Your servant is a devout woman; she honours the God of heaven day and night. I therefore propose, my lord, to stay with you. I, your servant, shall go out every night into the valley and pray to God to let me know when they have committed their sin. (Judith 11, 17)
I shall be your guide right across Judaea until you reach Jerusalem; there I shall enthrone you in the very middle of the city. And then you can round them up like shepherd-less sheep, with never a dog daring to bark at you. Foreknowledge tells me this; this had been foretold to me and I have been sent to reveal it to you.' (Judith 11, 19)
Her words pleased Holofernes, and all his adjutants. Full of admiration at her wisdom they exclaimed, (Judith 11, 20)
Holofernes said, 'God has done well to send you ahead of the others. Strength will be ours, and ruin theirs who have insulted my lord. (Judith 11, 22)
As for you, you are as beautiful as you are eloquent; if you do as you have promised, your God shall be my God, and you yourself shall make your home in the palace of King Nebuchadnezzar and be famous throughout the world.' (Judith 11, 23)
With that he had her brought in to where his silver dinner service was already laid, and had his own food served to her and his own wine poured out for her. (Judith 12, 1)
But Judith said, 'I would rather not eat this, in case I incur some fault. What I have brought will be enough for me.' (Judith 12, 2)
'Suppose your provisions run out,' Holofernes asked, 'how could we get more of the same sort? We have no one belonging to your race here.' (Judith 12, 3)
