5. Then the attendants of Holofernes led her to her tent, where she slept until the middle of the night. Toward the early morning watch, she rose
6. and sent this message to Holofernes, “Give orders, my lord, to let your servant go out for prayer.”
7. So Holofernes ordered his guards not to hinder her. Thus she stayed in the camp three days. Each night she went out to the valley of Bethulia, where she bathed herself at the spring of the camp.
8. After bathing, she prayed to the Lord, the God of Israel, to direct her way for the triumph of her people.