1. Then he commanded them to bring her in to where his table was set, and he ordered them to place before her some of his own food and wine to drink.
2. But Judith said, "I won’t eat this, or it will be an offense. I’ll have enough to eat from what I brought with me."
3. Holofernes said to her, "But if your supply runs out, where can we get similar food for you, since there is no one else here from your nation?"
4. Judith said to him, "As surely as you live, my master, your slave woman won’t use up what she brought, before the Lord accomplishes by my hand what he has determined."
5. Then Holofernes’ attendants led her into the tent, and she slept there until the middle of the night. She got up when it was the first watch of the morning
6. and sent word to Holofernes, saying, "Please, my master, issue an order permitting your servant to go out and pray."
7. So Holofernes ordered his bodyguards not to stop her. She remained in the camp for three days. Each night she went out to the Bethulia Valley and bathed in the spring of water near the camp.
8. When she came up from the water, she would pray to the Lord God of Israel to direct her way so as to uplift the children of her people.
9. Then she returned purified to the tent and remained there until evening time, when her food was brought to her.
10. On the fourth day Holofernes hosted a party for his closest attendants and didn’t send an invitation to anyone besides them.