Judith 11:13
Good News Translation
They have decided to eat the wheat set aside from the early harvest and the tithes of wine and oil, which are holy and are reserved for the priests who serve God in Jerusalem. The rest of us are forbidden even to touch this sacred food,

New Revised Standard Version
They have decided to consume the first fruits of the grain and the tithes of the wine and oil, which they had consecrated and set aside for the priests who minister in the presence of our God in Jerusalem—things it is not lawful for any of the people even to touch with their hands.

Contemporary English Version
They're going to eat the offerings that have been dedicated to God and have been set aside for the priests who serve him in the Jerusalem temple. These offerings include the first harvests of wheat and ten percent of their wine and olive oil. Only the priests are supposed to touch these things,

New American Bible
They have decided that they would use the first fruits of grain and the tithes of wine and oil, which they had consecrated and reserved for the priests who minister in the presence of our God in Jerusalem—things which the people should not so much as touch with their hands.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.

Judith 11:11
And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink the blood of them.

Judith 11:12
And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things, it is certain they will be given up to destruction.

Judith 11:14
For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,

Judith 11:15
And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee:

Context
Judith 11
12And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things, it is certain they will be given up to destruction. 13And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things. 14For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,…
Cross References
Judith 11:11
And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink the blood of them.

Judith 11:12
And the consecrated things of the Lord their God which God forbade them to touch, in corn, wine, and oil, these have they purposed to make use of, and they design to consume the things which they ought not to touch with their hands: therefore because they do these things, it is certain they will be given up to destruction.

Judith 11:14
For I thy handmaid worship God even now that I am with thee, and thy handmaid will go out, and I will pray to God,

Judith 11:15
And he will tell me when he will repay them for their sins, and I will come and tell thee, so that I may bring thee through the midst of Jerusalem, and thou shalt have all the people of Israel, as sheep that have no shepherd, and there shall not so much as one dog bark against thee:



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Judith 11:12
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