Judith 8:5-7

New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition

⁵ at home, where she set up a tent for herself on the roof of her house. She put sackcloth around her waist and dressed in widow’s clothing.^{(A) 6} She fasted all the days of her widowhood except the day before the Sabbath and the Sabbath itself, the day before the new moon and the day of the new moon, and the festivals and days of rejoicing of the house of Israel.^{(B) 7} She was beautiful in appearance and was very lovely to behold. Her husband Manasseh had left her gold and silver, male and female slaves, livestock, and fields, and she maintained this estate.^(C)