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Judith 15:10-12
New Catholic Bible
Judith 15:10-12
New Catholic Bible
10 You have done all this with your own hand;
you have been the source of much good to Israel,
and God has approved what you have wrought.
May you be blessed by the Lord Almighty
forever and ever.”
And all the people responded, “Amen!”
11 The entire populace looted the camp for thirty days. They presented Judith with the tent of Holofernes, all his silver dinnerware, his beds, his drinking vessels, and all his furniture. She accepted these gifts, harnessed her mules, hitched them to her wagons, and loaded the gifts on them.
12 All the women of Israel gathered to see her. They sang her praises and performed a dance in her honor. She took branches of ivy[a] in her hands and distributed them among the women around her,
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- Judith 15:12 Branches of ivy: a Greek custom found only in one other place in the Bible: 2 Mac 10:7. The Jews waved palm branches in times of rejoicing (Lev 23:40; Jn 12:13; Rev 7:9).
