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Daniel 13:29-36 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

29. And they said before the people, "Send for Susanna, daughter of Hilkiah, the wife of Joakim." And immediately they sent for her.

30. And she arrived with her parents, and sons, and all her relatives.

31. Moreover, Susanna was exceedingly delicate and beautiful in appearance.

32. But those wicked ones commanded that her face should be uncovered, (for she was covered,) so that at least they might be satisfied with her beauty.

33. Therefore, her own and all who knew her wept.

34. Yet the two appointed elders, rising up in the midst of the people, set their hands upon her head.

35. And weeping, she gazed up to heaven, for her heart had faith in the Lord.

36. And the appointed elders said, "While we were talking a walk in the orchard alone, this one came in with two maids, and she shut the doors of the orchard, and she sent the maids away from her.

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