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Judith 14:1-3
Common English Bible
Judith 14:1-3
Common English Bible
Judith’s instructions for victory
14 Judith said to them, “Listen well, my people! Take this head and hang it from the highest spot on your city walls. 2 At daybreak, when the sun rises upon the earth, take up your weapons, each one of you, and let every capable man go outside of the city. Place a captain over them as if you are preparing to go down to the plain against the Assyrian guard. Only don’t go down. 3 Then they will take up their armor and rush to their camp to wake up the Assyrian army officers. They will run together to Holofernes’ tent, but they won’t find him. Then fear will fall on them, and they’ll run from the sight of you.
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