12 Since their food failed them, and all their water was scant, they took counsel to kill their livestock, and determined to consume all those things which God charged them by his laws that they should not eat. (WEB) 13 They are resolved to spend the first fruits of the grain and the tithes of the wine and the oil, which they had sanctified and reserved for the priests who stand before the face of our God in Jerusalem, which it is not fitting for any of the people so much as to touch with their hands. (WEB) 14 They have sent some to Jerusalem, because they also that dwell there have done this thing, to bring them permission from the council of elders. (WEB)
Judith 11:12–14
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