Judges 3:22-24

New Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition

²² the hilt also went in after the blade, and the fat closed over the blade, for he did not draw the sword out of his belly; and the dirt came out.^{[a] 23} Then Ehud went out into the vestibule,^[b] and closed the doors of the roof chamber on him, and locked them.

²⁴ After he had gone, the servants came. When they saw that the doors of the roof chamber were locked, they thought, “He must be relieving himself^[c] in the cool chamber.”