Judith 8:24-26

Common English Bible

²⁴ “Now, brothers, let us be an example to those whose lives depend on us. The sanctuary, the temple, and the altar depend on us as well. ²⁵ In the midst of all this, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who is testing us just as he did our ancestors. ²⁶ Remember what he did with Abraham, how he tested Isaac, and what happened to Jacob while he was in Mesopotamia of Syria, tending his uncle Laban’s sheep?