Judith 11:12-14

Good News Translation

¹² Their food supply has already run out, and the water shortage has become serious, so they have decided to kill their livestock and eat foods that God's Law clearly forbids them to eat. ^13 (A)They have decided to eat the wheat set aside from the early harvest and the tithes of wine and oil, which are holy and are reserved for the priests who serve God in Jerusalem. The rest of us are forbidden even to touch this sacred food, ¹⁴ but since the people in Jerusalem have already broken this law, the people of our town have sent messengers to the Council there requesting permission to do the same.