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Judith 13:1-5 Catholic Public Domain Version (CPDV)

1. So then, when it had become late, his servants hurried to their lodgings, and Vagao closed the chamber doors, and he went away.

2. But they were all drowsy from the wine.

3. And Judith was alone in the chamber.

4. Moreover, Holofernes, being very inebriated, was fast asleep, reclining on his bed.

5. And Judith told her handmaid to stand outside before the chamber, and to watch.

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