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Esther 4

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When Mordecaih4782 perceivedh3045h8804 all that was doneh6213h8738, Mordecaih4782 renth7167h8799 his clothesh899, and put onh3847h8799 sackclothh8242 with ashesh665, and went outh3318h8799 into the midsth8432 of the cityh5892, and criedh2199h8799 with a loudh1419 and a bitterh4751 cryh2201;

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And cameh935h8799 even beforeh6440 the king'sh4428 gateh8179: for none might enterh935h8800 into the king'sh4428 gateh8179 clothedh3830 with sackclothh8242.

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And in every provinceh4082, whithersoeverh4725 the king'sh4428 commandmenth1697 and his decreeh1881 cameh5060h8688, there was greath1419 mourningh60 among the Jewsh3064, and fastingh6685, and weepingh1065, and wailingh4553; and manyh7227 layh3331h8714 in sackclothh8242 and ashesh665. many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many

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So Esther'sh635 maidsh5291 and her chamberlainsh5631 cameh935h8799 and toldh5046h8686 it her. Then was the queenh4436 exceedinglyh3966 grievedh2342h8698; and she senth7971h8799 raimenth899 to clotheh3847h8687 Mordecaih4782, and to take awayh5493h8687 his sackclothh8242 from him: but he receivedh6901h8765 it not. chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs

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Then calledh7121h8799 Estherh635 for Hatachh2047, one of the king'sh4428 chamberlainsh5631, whom he had appointedh5975h8689 to attendh6440 upon her, and gave him a commandmenth6680h8762 to Mordecaih4782, to knowh3045h8800 what it was , and why it was . appointed...: Heb. set before her

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So Hatachh2047 went forthh3318h8799 to Mordecaih4782 unto the streeth7339 of the cityh5892, which was beforeh6440 the king'sh4428 gateh8179.

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And Mordecaih4782 toldh5046h8686 him of all that had happenedh7136h8804 unto him, and of the sumh6575 of the moneyh3701 that Hamanh2001 had promisedh559h8804 to payh8254h8800 to the king'sh4428 treasuriesh1595 for the Jewsh3064, to destroyh6h8763 them.

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Also he gaveh5414h8804 him the copyh6572 of the writingh3791 of the decreeh1881 that was givenh5414h8738 at Shushanh7800 to destroyh8045h8687 them, to shewh7200h8687 it unto Estherh635, and to declareh5046h8687 it unto her, and to chargeh6680h8763 her that she should go inh935h8800 unto the kingh4428, to make supplicationh2603h8692 unto him, and to make requesth1245h8763 beforeh6440 him for her peopleh5971.

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And Hatachh2047 cameh935h8799 and toldh5046h8686 Estherh635 the wordsh1697 of Mordecaih4782.

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Again Estherh635 spakeh559h8799 unto Hatachh2047, and gave him commandmenth6680h8762 unto Mordecaih4782;

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All the king'sh4428 servantsh5650, and the peopleh5971 of the king'sh4428 provincesh4082, do knowh3045h8802, that whosoever, whether manh376 or womanh802, shall comeh935h8799 unto the kingh4428 into the innerh6442 courth2691, who is not calledh7121h8735, there is oneh259 lawh1881 of his to put him to deathh4191h8687, excepth905 such to whom the kingh4428 shall hold outh3447h8686 the goldenh2091 sceptreh8275, that he may liveh2421h8804: but I have not been calledh7121h8738 to come inh935h8800 unto the kingh4428 these thirtyh7970 daysh3117.

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And they toldh5046h8686 to Mordecaih4782 Esther'sh635 wordsh1697.

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Then Mordecaih4782 commandedh559h8799 to answerh7725h8687 Estherh635, Thinkh1819h8762 not with thyselfh5315 that thou shalt escapeh4422h8736 in the king'sh4428 househ1004, more than all the Jewsh3064.

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For if thou altogetherh2790h8687 holdest thy peaceh2790h8686 at this timeh6256, then shall there enlargementh7305 and deliveranceh2020 ariseh5975h8799 to the Jewsh3064 from anotherh312 placeh4725; but thou and thy father'sh1 househ1004 shall be destroyedh6h8799: and who knowethh3045h8802 whether thou art comeh5060h8689 to the kingdomh4438 for such a timeh6256 as this? enlargement: Heb. respiration

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Then Estherh635 badeh559h8799 them returnh7725h8687 Mordecaih4782 this answer ,

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Goh3212h8798, gather togetherh3664h8798 all the Jewsh3064 that are presenth4672h8737 in Shushanh7800, and fasth6684h8798 ye for me, and neither eath398h8799 nor drinkh8354h8799 threeh7969 daysh3117, nighth3915 or dayh3117: I also and my maidensh5291 will fasth6684h8799 likewise; and soh3651 will I goh935h8799 in unto the kingh4428, which is not according to the lawh1881: and if I perishh6h8804, I perishh6h8804. present: Heb. found

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So Mordecaih4782 went his wayh5674h8799, and didh6213h8799 according to all that Estherh635 had commandedh6680h8765 him. went...: Heb. passed



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