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Esther 4:16-5:1
English Standard Version
Esther 4:16-5:1
English Standard Version
16 “Go, gather all the Jews to be found in Susa, and hold a fast on my behalf, and do not eat or drink for (A)three days, night or day. I and my young women will also fast as you do. Then I will go to the king, though it is against the law, (B)and if I perish, I perish.”[a] 17 Mordecai then went away and did everything as Esther had ordered him.
Esther Prepares a Banquet
5 (C)On the third day Esther put on her royal robes and stood in (D)the inner court of the king's palace, in front of the king's quarters, while the king was sitting on his royal throne inside the throne room opposite the entrance to the palace.
Footnotes
- Esther 4:16 Hebrew if I am destroyed, then I will be destroyed
English Standard Version (ESV)
The Holy Bible, English Standard Version. ESV® Text Edition: 2016. Copyright © 2001 by Crossway Bibles, a publishing ministry of Good News Publishers.
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