Judith 8:4-6

Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition

⁴ And Judith his relict was a widow now three years and six months.

⁵ And she made herself a private chamber in the upper part of her house, in which she abode shut up with her maids.

⁶ And she wore haircloth upon her loins, and fasted all the days of her life, except the sabbaths, and new moons, and the feasts of the house of Israel.