40 You will be over my house, and all my people will obey your commands.[a](A) Only I, as king,[b] will be greater than you.”

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  1. 41:40 Lit will kiss your mouth
  2. 41:40 Lit Only the throne I

40 You shall be in charge of my palace,(A) and all my people are to submit to your orders.(B) Only with respect to the throne will I be greater than you.(C)

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Mordecai the Jew was second only to King Ahasuerus.(A) He was famous among the Jews and highly esteemed by many of his relatives.(B) He continued to pursue prosperity for his people and to speak for the well-being of all his descendants.(C)

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Mordecai the Jew was second(A) in rank(B) to King Xerxes,(C) preeminent among the Jews, and held in high esteem by his many fellow Jews, because he worked for the good of his people and spoke up for the welfare of all the Jews.(D)

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