Discovery BoxEsther 4:1-9
When Mordecai
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<04782>
Mordecai
<04782>
<04782>
his clothes
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<0899>_,
sackcloth
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<08242>
with ashes
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<0665>_,
into the midst
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<08432>
of the city
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<05892>_,
with a loud
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<01419>
and a bitter
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<04751>
cry
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<02201>_;
even before
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<06440>
the king's
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<04428>
gate
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<08179>_:
into the king's
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<04428>
gate
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<08179>
clothed
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<03830>
with sackcloth
<08242>_.
<08242>_.
And in every province
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<04082>_,
whithersoever
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<04725>
the king's
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<04428>
commandment
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<01697>
and his decree
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<01881>
[there was] great
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<01419>
mourning
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<060>
among the Jews
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<03064>_,
and fasting
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<06685>_,
and weeping
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<01065>_,
and wailing
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<04553>_;
and many
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<07227>
in sackcloth
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<08242>
and ashes
<0665>_.
{many...: Heb. sackcloth and ashes were laid under many}<0665>_.
So Esther's
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<0635>
maids
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<05291>
and her chamberlains
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<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
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<04782>_,
his sackcloth
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[it] not. {chamberlains: Heb. eunuchs}<08242>
Esther
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<0635>
for Hatach
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<02047>_,
[one] of the king's
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<04428>
chamberlains
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<05631>_,
to attend
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<06440>
to Mordecai
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what it [was], and why it [was]. {appointed...: Heb. set before her}<04782>_,
So Hatach
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<02047>
to Mordecai
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<04782>
unto the street
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<07339>
of the city
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<05892>_,
which [was] before
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<06440>
the king's
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<04428>
gate
<08179>_.
<08179>_.
And Mordecai
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<04782>
unto him, and of the sum
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<06575>
of the money
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<03701>
that Haman
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<02001>
to the king's
<04428>
<04428>
treasuries
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<01595>
for the Jews
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them.<03064>_,
