Judith 10:5-7

Good News Translation

⁵ Judith gave her slave woman a leather bag of wine and a jar of oil to carry. She filled a bag with roasted barley, cakes of dried figs, and several loaves of bread baked according to Jewish food laws. She carefully wrapped all the food and dishes and gave them to her slave. ⁶ Then the two women left the house and went to the gates of Bethulia, where they found Uzziah and the town officials, Chabris and Charmis, standing guard. ⁷ When the men saw Judith after she had changed clothes and put on make-up, they were struck by her beauty and said to her,