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Esther 1:1-22

Now it came to pass in the days
<03117>

of Ahasuerus
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(this [is] Ahasuerus
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which reigned
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from India
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even unto Ethiopia
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[over] an hundred
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and seven
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and twenty
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provinces
<04082>:)

[That] in those days
<03117>_,

when the king
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Ahasuerus
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sat
<03427> (8800)

on the throne
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of his kingdom
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which [was] in Shushan
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the palace
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In the third
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year
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of his reign
<04427> (8800)_,

he made
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a feast
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unto all his princes
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and his servants
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the power
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of Persia
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and Media
<04074>_,

the nobles
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and princes
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of the provinces
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[being] before
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him:

When he shewed
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the riches
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of his glorious
<03519>

kingdom
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and the honour
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of his excellent
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majesty
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many
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days
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[even] an hundred
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and fourscore
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days
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And when these days
<03117>

were expired
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the king
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made
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a feast
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unto all the people
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that were present
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in Shushan
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the palace
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both unto great
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and small
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seven
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days
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in the court
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of the garden
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of the king's
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palace
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{present: Heb. found}

[Where were] white
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green
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and blue
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[hangings], fastened
<0270> (8803)

with cords
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of fine linen
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and purple
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to silver
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rings
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and pillars
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of marble
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the beds
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[were of] gold
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and silver
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upon a pavement
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of red
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and blue
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and white
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and black
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marble
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{blue, hangings: or, violet, etc} {of red...: or, of porphyre, and marble and alabaster, and stone of blue colour}

And they gave [them] drink
<08248> (8687)

in vessels
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of gold
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(the vessels
<03627>

being diverse
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one from another
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and royal
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wine
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in abundance
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according to the state
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of the king
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{royal...: Heb. wine of the kingdom} {state: Heb. hand}

And the drinking
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[was] according to the law
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none did compel
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for so the king
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had appointed
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to all the officers
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of his house
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that they should do
<06213> (8800)

according to every man's
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pleasure
<07522>_.

Also Vashti
<02060>

the queen
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made
<06213> (8804)

a feast
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for the women
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[in] the royal
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house
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which [belonged] to king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
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On the seventh
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day
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when the heart
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of the king
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was merry
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with wine
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he commanded
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Mehuman
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Biztha
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Harbona
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Bigtha
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and Abagtha
<05>_,

Zethar
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and Carcas
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the seven
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chamberlains
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that served
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in the presence
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of Ahasuerus
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the king
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{chamberlains: or, eunuchs}

To bring
<0935> (8687)

Vashti
<02060>

the queen
<04436>

before
<06440>

the king
<04428>

with the crown
<03804>

royal
<04438>_,

to shew
<07200> (8687)

the people
<05971>

and the princes
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her beauty
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for she [was] fair
<02896>

to look on
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{fair...: Heb. good of countenance}

But the queen
<04436>

Vashti
<02060>

refused
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to come
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at the king's
<04428>

commandment
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by
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[his] chamberlains
<05631>_:

therefore was the king
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very
<03966>

wroth
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and his anger
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burned
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in him. {by his...: Heb. which was by the hand of his eunuchs}

Then the king
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said
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to the wise men
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which knew
<03045> (8802)

the times
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(for so [was] the king's
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manner
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toward
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all that knew
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law
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and judgment
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And the next
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unto him [was] Carshena
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Shethar
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Admatha
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Tarshish
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Meres
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Marsena
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[and] Memucan
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the seven
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princes
<08269>

of Persia
<06539>

and Media
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which saw
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the king's
<04428>

face
<06440>_,

[and] which sat
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the first
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in the kingdom
<04438>;)

What shall we do
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unto the queen
<04436>

Vashti
<02060>

according to law
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because she hath not performed
<06213> (8804)

the commandment
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of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

by
<03027>

the chamberlains
<05631>_?

{What...: Heb. What to do}

And Memucan
<04462>

answered
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before
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the king
<04428>

and the princes
<08269>_,

Vashti
<02060>

the queen
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hath not done wrong
<05753> (8804)

to the king
<04428>

only, but also to all the princes
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and to all the people
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that [are] in all the provinces
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of the king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
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For [this] deed
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of the queen
<04436>

shall come abroad
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unto all women
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so that they shall despise
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their husbands
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in their eyes
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when it shall be reported
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The king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>

commanded
<0559> (8804)

Vashti
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the queen
<04436>

to be brought in
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before
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him, but she came
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not.

[Likewise] shall the ladies
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of Persia
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and Media
<04074>

say
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this day
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unto all the king's
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princes
<08269>_,

which have heard
<08085> (8804)

of the deed
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of the queen
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Thus [shall there arise] too much
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contempt
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and wrath
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If it please
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the king
<04428>_,

let there go
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a royal
<04438>

commandment
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from him
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and let it be written
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among the laws
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of the Persians
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and the Medes
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that it be not altered
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That Vashti
<02060>

come
<0935> (8799)

no more before
<06440>

king
<04428>

Ahasuerus
<0325>_;

and let the king
<04428>

give
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her royal estate
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unto another
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that is better
<02896>

than she. {If it...: Heb. If it be good with the king} {unto...: Heb. unto her companion} {from him: Heb. from before him} {be not...: Heb. pass not away}

And when the king's
<04428>

decree
<06599>

which he shall make
<06213> (8799)

shall be published
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throughout all his empire
<04438>_,

(for it is great
<07227>,)

all the wives
<0802>

shall give
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to their husbands
<01167>

honour
<03366>_,

both to great
<01419>

and small
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And the saying
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pleased
<03190> (8799) <05869>

the king
<04428>

and the princes
<08269>_;

and the king
<04428>

did
<06213> (8799)

according to the word
<01697>

of Memucan
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{pleased...: Heb. was good in the eyes of the king}

For he sent
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letters
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into all the king's
<04428>

provinces
<04082>_,

into every province
<04082>

according to the writing
<03791>

thereof, and to every people
<05971>

after their language
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that every man
<0376>

should bear rule
<08323> (8802)

in his own house
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and that [it] should be published
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according to the language
<03956>

of every people
<05971>_.

{that it...: Heb. that one should publish it according to the language of his people}

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