19 If it please the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so (A)that it may not be repealed, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus. And let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.

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Now, O king, establish (A)the injunction and sign the document, so that it cannot be changed, according to (B)the law of (C)the Medes and the Persians, (D)which cannot be revoked.”

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12 Then they (A)came near and said before the king, concerning the injunction, “O king! Did you not sign (B)an injunction, that anyone who makes petition to any god or man within thirty days except to you, O king, shall be cast into the den of lions?” The king answered and said, “The thing stands fast, according to the law of (C)the Medes and Persians, (D)which cannot be revoked.”

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15 Then these men came by agreement to the king and said to the king, “Know, O king, that it is a law of the Medes and Persians that no (A)injunction or ordinance that the king establishes can be changed.”

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