Judith 12:6
Source: Septuagint
6and sent to Holofernes, saying, Let my lord now command that thy handmaid may go forth unto prayer.
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4Then said Judith unto him, As thy soul liveth, my lord, thy handmaid shall not spend those things that I have, before the Lord work by my hand the things that he hath determined.
5Then the servants of Holofernes brought her into the tent, and she slept till midnight, and she arose when it was toward the morning watch,
— Judith 12:6 —
7Then Holofernes commanded his guard that they should not stay her: thus she abode in the camp three days, and went out in the night into the Valley of Bethulia, and washed herself in a fountain of water by the camp.
8And when she came out, she besought the Lord God of Israel to direct her way to the raising up of the children of her people.