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Esther 4

Esther Learns of Haman's Plot

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When Mordecaih4782 learnedh3045  aallh3605 that had been doneh6213a,  1he toreh7167 his clothesh899b, puth3847 on sackclothh8242 and ashesh665, and wenth3318 out into the midsth8432 of the cityh5892b and wailedh2199 loudlyh1419 and bitterlyh4751.

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He wenth935 as farh5704 as the king'sh4428 gateh8179, for noh369 oneh369 was to enterh935 the king'sh4428 gateh8179 clothedh3830 in sackclothh8242.

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In eachh4082 and everyh3605 provinceh4082 whereh4725h834 the commandh1697 and decreeh1881 of the kingh4428 cameh5060, there was greath1419 mourningh60 among the Jewsh3064, with  afastingh6685, weepingh1065 and wailingh4553; and manyh7227a layh3331 on sackclothh8242 and ashesh665.

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Then Esther'sh635 maidensh5291 and her eunuchsh5631 cameh935 and toldh5046 her, and the queenh4436 writhedh2342a in greath3966 anguish. And she senth7971 garmentsh899b to clotheh3847 Mordecaih4782 that he might removeh5493 his sackclothh8242 from him, but he did not accepth6901 them.

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Then Estherh635 summonedh7121 Hathachh2047 from the king'sh4428 eunuchsh5631, whomh834  1the king had appointedh5975 to attendh6440 her, and orderedh6680 him to go to Mordecaih4782 to learnh3045 whath4100 thish2088 was and whyh4100 it was.

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So Hathachh2047 wenth3318 out to Mordecaih4782 to the cityh5892b squareh7339 in fronth6440 of the king'sh4428 gateh8179.

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Mordecaih4782 toldh5046 him allh3605 that had happenedh7136a to him, and  athe exacth6575 amounth6575 of moneyh3701 that Hamanh2001b had promisedh559 to payh8254 to the king'sh4428 treasuriesh1595 for the destructionh6 of the Jewsh3064.

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He also gaveh5414 him  aa copyh6572 of the texth3791 of the edicth1881 whichh834 had been issuedh5414 in Susah7800 for their destructionh8045, that he might showh7200 Estherh635 and informh5046 her, and to orderh6680 her to goh935 in to the kingh4428 to imploreh2603a his favorh2603a and to pleadh1245 with him for her peopleh5971a.

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Hathachh2047 cameh935 back and relatedh5046 Mordecai'sh4782 wordsh1697 to Estherh635.

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Then Estherh635 spokeh559 to Hathachh2047 and orderedh6680 him to reply to Mordecaih4782:

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"Allh3605 the king'sh4428 servantsh5650 and the peopleh5971a of the king'sh4428 provincesh4082 knowh3045 that for anyh3605 manh376 or womanh802 whoh834  acomesh935 to the kingh4428 to the innerh6442 courth2691a whoh834 is not summonedh7121,  bhe has but oneh259 lawh1881, that he be puth4191 to deathh4191, unlessh905h4480h834 the kingh4428 holdsh3447 out  cto him the goldenh2091 scepterh8275 so that he may liveh2421a. And I have not been summonedh7121 to comeh935 to the kingh4428 for theseh2088 thirtyh7970 daysh3117."

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They relatedh5046 Esther'sh635 wordsh1697 to Mordecaih4782.

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Then Mordecaih4782 toldh559 them to replyh7725 to Estherh635, "Do not imagineh1819 that you in the king'sh4428 palaceh1004 can escapeh4422 any moreh4480 thanh4480 allh3605 the Jewsh3064.

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"For ifh518 you remainh2790b silenth2790b at thish384 timeh6256, reliefh7305 and  adeliveranceh2020 will ariseh5975 for the Jewsh3064 from anotherh312 placeh4725 and you and your father'sh1 househ1004 will perishh6. And whoh4310 knowsh3045 whetherh518 you have not attainedh5060 royaltyh4438 for such a timeh6256 as thish384?"

Esther Plans to Intercede

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Then Estherh635 toldh559 them to replyh7725 to Mordecaih4782,

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"Goh1980, assembleh3664 allh3605 the Jewsh3064 who are foundh4672 in Susah7800, and fasth6684 for me;  ado not eath398 or drinkh8354 for  bthreeh7969 daysh3117, nighth3915 or dayh3117. I and my maidensh5291 alsoh1571 will fasth6684 in the sameh3651 wayh3651. And thush3651 I will goh935 in to the kingh4428, whichh834 is not according to the lawh1881; and ifh834 I perishh6, I perishh6."

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So Mordecaih4782 wenth5674a awayh5674a and didh6213a justh3605h834 as Estherh635 had commandedh6680 him.



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