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17 Then he called his servant that attended him and said, “Get this woman away from me now and bolt the door after her.”

18 Now she had on her a long-sleeved garment[a] for with such robes the king’s virgin daughters used to be dressed. When his attendant took her outside and bolted the door after her, 19 Tamar put ashes on her head and rent her long-sleeved garment that was on her. She laid her hand on her head and was crying aloud as she went away.

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  1. 2 Samuel 13:18 Or, many-colored.