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And the people plundered the camp for thirty days; and they gave Holofernes’ tent to Judith, along with all his silver cups, his beds, his bowls, and all his furniture. She took them, placed them on her mule, prepared her wagons, and piled them on it.
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Verse 11. Chastity, and so forth This is not in Syr. and so forth and though, generally speaking, celibacy was not esteemed honourable among the Jews, yet chastity was so much the more admired, as it was more uncommon. A widow was deserving of praise for not lightly entering upon a second marriage. Calmet.—Those who abstain from it, were respected, like virgins, by the Romans. Val. Maxim. ii. 1.
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