Judith 8:24-26

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²⁴ “Therefore, my brothers, let us set an example for our kindred, for their lives depend upon us, and the sanctuary—both the temple and the altar—rests upon us. ²⁵ In spite of everything, let us give thanks to the Lord our God, who is putting us to the test as he did our ancestors. ²⁶ Remember what he did with Abraham and how he tested Isaac and what happened to Jacob in Syrian Mesopotamia, while he was tending the sheep of Laban, his mother’s brother.^(A)