Esther 7:3
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3 Then Queen Esther answered, (A)“If I have found favor in your sight, O king, and if it please the king, let my life be granted me for my wish, and my people for my request.
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Esther 9:13
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13 And Esther said, “If it please the king, let the Jews who are in Susa be allowed (A)tomorrow also to do according to this day's edict. And let the ten sons of Haman be hanged on the gallows.”[a]
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- Esther 9:13 Or wooden beam; also verse 25 (see note on 2:23)
Esther 9:29-32
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29 Then Queen Esther, (A)the daughter of Abihail, and Mordecai the Jew gave full written authority, confirming (B)this second letter about Purim. 30 Letters were sent to all the Jews, (C)to the 127 provinces of the kingdom of Ahasuerus, in words of peace and truth, 31 that these days of Purim should be observed at their appointed seasons, as Mordecai the Jew and Queen Esther obligated them, and as they had obligated themselves and their offspring, with regard to (D)their fasts and their lamenting. 32 The command of Esther confirmed these practices of (E)Purim, and it was recorded in writing.
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