Discovery BoxEsther 4:1-17
When Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
his clothes
<0899>_,
<0899>_,
sackcloth
<08242>
<08242>
with ashes
<0665>_,
<0665>_,
into the midst
<08432>
<08432>
of the city
<05892>_,
<05892>_,
with a loud
<01419>
<01419>
and a bitter
<04751>
<04751>
cry
<02201>_;
<02201>_;
even before
<06440>
<06440>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
gate
<08179>_:
<08179>_:
into the king's
<04428>
<04428>
gate
<08179>
<08179>
clothed
<03830>
<03830>
with sackcloth
<08242>_.
<08242>_.
And in every province
<04082>_,
<04082>_,
whithersoever
<04725>
<04725>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
commandment
<01697>
<01697>
and his decree
<01881>
<01881>
[there was] great
<01419>
<01419>
mourning
<060>
<060>
among the Jews
<03064>_,
<03064>_,
and fasting
<06685>_,
<06685>_,
and weeping
<01065>_,
<01065>_,
and wailing
<04553>_;
<04553>_;
and many
<07227>
<07227>
in sackcloth
<08242>
<08242>
and ashes
<0665>_.
{many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many}<0665>_.
So Esther's
<0635>
<0635>
maids
<05291>
<05291>
and her chamberlains
<05631>
<05631>
[it] her. Then was the queen
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<04436>
exceedingly
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<03966>
raiment
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<0899>
Mordecai
<04782>_,
<04782>_,
his sackcloth
<08242>
[it] not. {chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs}<08242>
Esther
<0635>
<0635>
for Hatach
<02047>_,
<02047>_,
[one] of the king's
<04428>
<04428>
chamberlains
<05631>_,
<05631>_,
to attend
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<06440>
to Mordecai
<04782>_,
what it [was], and why it [was]. {appointed...: Heb. set before her}<04782>_,
So Hatach
<02047>
<02047>
to Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
unto the street
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<07339>
of the city
<05892>_,
<05892>_,
which [was] before
<06440>
<06440>
the king's
<04428>
<04428>
gate
<08179>_.
<08179>_.
And Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
unto him, and of the sum
<06575>
<06575>
of the money
<03701>
<03701>
that Haman
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<02001>
to the king's
<04428>
<04428>
treasuries
<01595>
<01595>
for the Jews
<03064>_,
them.<03064>_,
him the copy
<06572>
<06572>
of the writing
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<03791>
of the decree
<01881>
<01881>
at Shushan
<07800>
<07800>
[it] unto Esther
<0635>_,
<0635>_,
unto the king
<04428>_,
<04428>_,
before
<06440>
<06440>
him for her people
<05971>_.
<05971>_.
All the king's
<04428>
<04428>
servants
<05650>_,
<05650>_,
and the people
<05971>
<05971>
of the king's
<04428>
<04428>
provinces
<04082>_,
<04082>_,
that whosoever, whether man
<0376>
<0376>
or woman
<0802>_,
<0802>_,
unto the king
<04428>
<04428>
into the inner
<06442>
<06442>
court
<02691>_,
<02691>_,
[there is] one
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<0259>
law
<01881>
<01881>
except
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<0905>
such to whom the king
<04428>
<04428>
the golden
<02091>
<02091>
sceptre
<08275>_,
<08275>_,
unto the king
<04428>
<04428>
these thirty
<07970>
<07970>
days
<03117>_.
<03117>_.
Then Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
Esther
<0635>_,
<0635>_,
not with thyself
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<05315>
in the king's
<04428>
<04428>
house
<01004>_,
<01004>_,
more than all the Jews
<03064>_.
<03064>_.
at this time
<06256>_,
<06256>_,
[then] shall there enlargement
<07305>
<07305>
and deliverance
<02020>
<02020>
to the Jews
<03064>
<03064>
from another
<0312>
<0312>
place
<04725>_;
<04725>_;
but thou and thy father's
<01>
<01>
house
<01004>
<01004>
to the kingdom
<04438>
<04438>
for [such] a time
<06256>
as this? {enlargement: Heb. respiration}<06256>
