11. And now, my lord, fight not against them as men fight who join battle, and there shall not so much as one man of your people perish.
12. Remain in your camp, and keep safe every man of your host, and let your servants get possession of the fountain of water, which issues forth of the foot of the mountain:
13. because all the inhabitants of Bethulia have their water thence; and thirst shall kill them, and they shall give up their city: and we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will encamp upon them, to watch that not one man go out of the city.
14. And they shall be consumed with famine, they and their wives and their children, and before the sword come against them they shall be laid low in the streets where they dwell.
15. And you shall render them an evil reward; because they rebelled, and met not your face in peace.
16. And their words were pleasing in the sight of Holofernes and in the sight of all his servants; and he appointed to do as they had spoken.