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And when she had drawn out of the sheath that sword, she took the hair of his head; and said, Lord God of Israel, confirm me in this hour. [And when she had drawn it out, she took the hair of his head, and saith, Confirm me, God of Israel, in this hour.]

10 And she smote twice on his neck, and she cutted off his head; and she took away his curtain from the pillars, and she wallowed (or rolled) away his body headless. [And she smote twice into his neck, and she cut off his head; and she took away his canopy from the pillars, and she turned out his body beheaded.]

11 And after a little [while] she went out, and she betook the head of Holofernes to her handmaid, and commanded, that she should put it into her script (or into her bag).

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