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Greek Esther 4:3-5
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Greek Esther 4:3-5
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3 In every region wherever the orders were posted, the Jews gave themselves over to crying and wailing out loud. They clothed themselves in mourning clothes and ashes. 4 When Esther’s female servants and eunuchs came and told her, the queen was noticeably shaken after hearing the news. She sent someone to clothe Mordecai in regular clothes instead of mourning clothes, but he couldn’t be persuaded.
5 Esther then sent for Hathach[a] the royal eunuch who served her. She sent him to discover from Mordecai what was going on.[b]
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- Greek Esther 4:5 Gk Hachratheus
- Greek Esther 4:5 4:6 is absent from the LXX; MT Hathach went out to Mordecai, to the city square in front of the king’s gate.
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