And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and the ancients of the city waiting.

And when they came to the gate of the city, they found Ozias, and the ancients of the city waiting.

Judith 10:4
And the Lord also gave her more beauty: because all this dressing up did not proceed from sensuality, but from virtue: and therefore the Lord increased this her beauty, so that she appeared to all men's eyes incomparably lovely.

Judith 10:5
And she gave to her maid a bottle of wine to carry, and a vessel of oil, and parched corn, and dry figs, and bread and cheese, and went out.

Judith 10:7
And when they saw her they were astonished, and admired her beauty exceedingly.

Judith 10:8
But they asked her no question, only they let her pass, saying: The God of our fathers give thee grace, and may he strengthen all the counsel of thy heart with his power, that Jerusalem may glory in thee, and thy name may be in the number of the holy and just.