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Est 2:12 — Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, [to wit], six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with [other] things for the purifying of the women;)

Phrase of Scripture		Correlating Passages

Entire Verse.		A. M. 3546. B.C. 458.
to go in		1Th 4:4,5
six months		Pro 7:17; Sgs 3:6; Isa 57:9; Luk 7:37,38

Correlating Passages

to go in

	1Th 4:4	That every one of you should know how to possess his vessel in sanctification and honour;
	1Th 4:5	Not in the lust of concupiscence, even as the Gentiles which know not God:

six months

	Pro 7:17	I have perfumed my bed with myrrh, aloes, and cinnamon.
	Sgs 3:6	Who [is] this that cometh out of the wilderness like pillars of smoke, perfumed with myrrh and frankincense, with all powders of the merchant?
	Isa 57:9	And thou wentest to the king with ointment, and didst increase thy perfumes, and didst send thy messengers far off, and didst debase [thyself even] unto hell.
	Luk 7:37	And, behold, a woman in the city, which was a sinner, when she knew that [Jesus] sat at meat in the Pharisee's house, brought an alabaster box of ointment,
	Luk 7:38	And stood at his feet behind [him] weeping, and began to wash his feet with tears, and did wipe [them] with the hairs of her head, and kissed his feet, and anointed [them] with the ointment.

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Scott, Thomas. "Esther 2:12," The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge. Blue Letter Bible. 1836. 9 Jul 2004. .
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