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19 And she took out of the script (or out of the bag) the head of Holofernes, and showed it to them, and said, Lo! the head of Holofernes, prince of the chivalry of (the) Assyrians; and lo! his curtain, in (or under) which he lay in his drunkenness, where also the Lord our God killed him by the hand of a woman. [And bringing forth of the script the head of Holofernes, showed to them, saying, Lo! the head of Holofernes, prince of the chivalry of Assyrians; and lo! the canopy of him, in which he lay in his drunkenhood, where and by the hand of a woman smote him the Lord our God.]

20 Forsooth the Lord God liveth, for his angel hath kept me, both going from hence, and dwelling there, and (re)turning again from thence hither; and the Lord hath not suffered (or allowed) his handmaid to be defouled (or defiled), but without defouling [or pollution] of sin he hath again-called me to you, and I have joy in (the) victory of the Lord, or in his victory, and in my escaping, and in your deliverance.

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