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Esther 1:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Esther 1:13-15
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
13 Then the king consulted the sages who knew the laws[a] (for this was the king’s procedure toward all who were versed in law and custom,(A) 14 and those next to him were Carshena, Shethar, Admatha, Tarshish, Meres, Marsena, and Memucan, the seven officials of Persia and Media who had access to the king and sat first in the kingdom):(B) 15 “According to the law, what is to be done with Queen Vashti because she has not performed the command of King Ahasuerus conveyed by the eunuchs?”
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- 1.13 Cn: Heb times
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