who dropped it into her food satchel. The two of them went out together, as their custom was, for prayer. They crossed the camp, went around that gorge, climbed the hill of Bethulia, and reached its gates.
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8And twice, with all her strength, she struck at his neck, and she took his head off him. 9She rolled his body off the mattress and pulled the canopy down from its poles. A moment later she went out and handed the head of Holofernes to her maid, 10who dropped it into her food satchel. The two of them went out together, as their custom was, for prayer. They crossed the camp, went around that gorge, climbed the hill of Bethulia, and reached its gates. 11From far off Judith called to the men on guard at the gates: “Open! Open the gate! God is with us, our God — still working strength in Israel and force against our enemies, as he has done this very day.” 12When the men of her town heard her voice, they hurried down to their town gate and called the elders of the town together.
