10. By your own hand you have done all this.You have done good things for Israel,and God is pleased with them.May the Almighty Lord bless you forever!”And all the people said, “Amen!”
11. For thirty days all the people plundered the camp, giving Judith the tent of Holofernes, with all his silver, his beds, his dishes, and all his furniture. She took them and loaded her mule, hitched her carts, and loaded these things on them.
12. All the women of Israel gathered to see her, and they blessed her and performed a dance in her honor. She took branches in her hands and distributed them to the women around her,
13. and she and the other women crowned themselves with olive leaves. Then, at the head of all the people, she led the women in the dance, while the men of Israel followed, bearing their weapons, wearing garlands and singing songs of praise.
14. Judith led all Israel in this song of thanksgiving, and the people loudly sang this hymn of praise: