The Antiquities of the Jews, 2.259

Flavius Josephus  translated by William Whiston

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259These virgins, who took care of their father’s flocks, which sort of work it was customary and very familiar for women to do in the country of the Troglodytes, they came first of all, and drew water out of the well in a quantity sufficient for their flocks, into troughs, which were made for the reception of that water;

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