Judith 7:27

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²⁷For it would be better for us to be captured by them;^[a] for we will be slaves, but our lives will be spared, and we shall not witness the death of our babes before our eyes, or see our wives and children draw their last breath.

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Judith 7:27 Other authorities add than to die of thirst

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