Esther 2:10-12

Contemporary English Version

¹⁰ Mordecai had warned Esther not to tell anyone that she was a Jew, and she obeyed him. ¹¹ He was anxious to see how Esther was getting along and to learn what had happened to her. So each day he would walk back and forth in front of the court where the women lived.

¹² The young women were given beauty treatments for one whole year. The first six months their skin was rubbed with olive oil and myrrh, and the last six months it was treated with perfumes and cosmetics. Then each of them spent the night alone with King Xerxes.