Judith 11:12
Good News Translation
Their food supply has already run out, and the water shortage has become serious, so they have decided to kill their livestock and eat foods that God's Law clearly forbids them to eat.

New Revised Standard Version
Since their food supply is exhausted and their water has almost given out, they have planned to kill their livestock and have determined to use all that God by his laws has forbidden them to eat.

Contemporary English Version
They are almost out of food and water, so they have decided to slaughter their livestock and eat foods that God has forbidden them to eat.

New American Bible
Because their food has given out and all their water is running low, they have decided to kill their animals, and are determined to consume all the things which God in his laws has forbidden them to eat.

Douay-Rheims Bible
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.

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

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 11:10
Moreover also a famine hath come upon them, and for drought of water they are already to be counted among the dead.

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

Judith 11:13
And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.

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,

Context
Judith 11
11And they have a design even to kill their cattle, and to drink the blood of them. 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.…
Cross References
Judith 11:10
Moreover also a famine hath come upon them, and for drought of water they are already to be counted among the dead.

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

Judith 11:13
And I thy handmaid knowing this, am fled from them, and the Lord hath sent me to tell thee these very things.

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,



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Judith 11:11
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