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Judith 7:13 - Meaning and Application
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Translation: World English Bible — Catholic Edition
" because all the inhabitants of Bethulia get their water from there. Then thirst will kill them, and they will give up their city. Then we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will camp upon them, to watch that not one man gets out of the city. "
Judith 7:13
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11 And now, my lord, don’t fight against them as men fight who join battle, and there will not so much as one man of your people perish.
12 Remain in your camp, and keep every man of your army safe. Let your servants get possession of the water spring, which flows from the foot of the mountain,
13 because all the inhabitants of Bethulia get their water from there. Then thirst will kill them, and they will give up their city. Then we and our people will go up to the tops of the mountains that are near, and will camp upon them, to watch that not one man gets out of the city.
14 They will be consumed with famine—they, their wives, and their children. Before the sword comes against them they will be laid low in the streets where they dwell.
15 And you will pay them back with evil, because they rebelled, and didn’t meet your face in peace.”
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Judith 7:1
"The next day Holofernes commanded all his army and all the people who had come to be his allies, that they should move their camp toward Bethulia, seize the passes of the hill country, and make war against the children of Israel."
Judith 7:2
"Every mighty man of them moved that day. The army of their men of war was one hundred seventy thousand footmen, plus twelve thousand horsemen, besides the baggage and the men who were on foot among them—an exceedingly great multitude."
Judith 7:3
"They encamped in the valley near Bethulia, by the fountain. They spread themselves in breadth over Dothaim even to Belmaim, and in length from Bethulia to Cyamon, which is near Esdraelon."
Judith 7:4
"But the children of Israel, when they saw the multitude of them, were terrified, and everyone said to his neighbor, “Now these men will lick up the face of all the earth. Neither the high mountains, nor the valleys, nor the hills will be able to bear their weight."
Judith 7:5
"Every man took up his weapons of war, and when they had kindled fires upon their towers, they remained and watched all that night."
Judith 7:6
"But on the second day Holofernes led out all his cavalry in the sight of the children of Israel which were in Bethulia,"
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