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She put sandals on her feet and arrayed herself with anklets, bracelets, rings, earrings, and all her jewelry. In this way she made herself beautiful enough to entice the eyes of all the men who might see her.

She gave her maid a skin of wine and a flask of oil, and she filled a bag with roasted grain, cakes of dried figs, bread, and cheese. Wrapping up all these provisions, she gave them to the maid as well.[a]

They then went out to the town gate of Bethulia, where they found Uzziah waiting with the elders of the city, Chabris and Charmis.

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  1. Judith 10:5 Judith brought food with her so as not to be made unclean by taking pagan food.