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Esther 4 :: New American Standard Bible 2020 (NASB20)

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Esther Learns of Haman’s Plot

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When Mordecai H4782 learned H3045 of everything H3605 that had been done H6213, [fn]he tore H7167 his clothes H899, put H3847 on H3847 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665, and went H3318 out H3318 into the midst H8432 of the city H5892 and wailed H2199 H2201 loudly H1419 and bitterly H4751.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:2 - And he came H935 as far H5704 as the king’s H4428 gate H8179, for no H369 one H369 was to enter H935 the king’s H4428 gate H8179 clothed H3830 in sackcloth H8242.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:3 - In each H4082 and every H3605 province H4082 where H4725 H834 the command H1697 and decree H1881 of the king H4428 came H5060, there was great H1419 mourning H60 among the Jews H3064, with fasting H6685, weeping H1065, and mourning H4553 rites H4553; and many H7227 had H3331 sackcloth H8242 and ashes H665 spread H3331 out H3331 as H3331 a H3331 bed H3331.

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Then Esther’s H635 attendants H5291 and her eunuchs H5631 came H935 and informed H5046 her, and the queen H4436 was seized H2342 by H2342 great H3966 fear H2342. And she sent H7971 garments H899 to clothe H3847 Mordecai H4782 so that he would remove H5493 his sackcloth H8242 from him, but he did not accept H6901 them.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:5 - Then Esther H635 summoned H7121 Hathach H2047 from the king’s H4428 eunuchs H5631, whom H834 [fn]the king had appointed H5975 to attend H6440 her, and ordered H6680 him to go to Mordecai H4782 to learn H3045 what H4100 this H2088 mourning was and why H4100 it was happening.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:6 - So Hathach H2047 went H3318 out H3318 to Mordecai H4782 in the city H5892 square H7339, in front H6440 of the king’s H4428 gate H8179.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:7 - Mordecai H4782 told H5046 him everything H3605 that had happened H7136 to him, and the exact H6575 amount H6575 of money H3701 that Haman H2001 had promised H559 to pay H8254 to the king’s H4428 treasuries H1595 for the elimination H6 of the Jews H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:8 - He also gave H5414 him a copy H6572 of the text H3791 of the edict H1881 which H834 had been issued H5414 in Susa H7800 for their annihilation H8045, so that he might show H7200 Esther H635 and inform H5046 her, and to order H6680 her to go H935 in H935 to the king H4428 to implore H2603 his favor H2603 and plead H1245 with him for her people H5971.

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So Hathach H2047 came H935 back and reported H5046 Mordecai’s H4782 words H1697 to Esther H635.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:10 - Then Esther H635 spoke H559 to Hathach H2047 and ordered H6680 him to reply to Mordecai H4782:

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:11 - “All H3605 the king’s H4428 servants H5650 and the people H5971 of the king’s H4428 provinces H4082 know H3045 that for any H3605 man H376 or woman H802 who H834 comes H935 to the king H4428 in the inner H6442 courtyard H2691, who H834 is not summoned H7121, he has only one H259 law H1881, that he be put H4191 to H4191 death H4191, unless H905 H4480 H834 the king H4428 holds H3447 out H3447 to him the golden H2091 scepter H8275 so that he may live H2421. And I have not been summoned H7121 to come H935 to the king H4428 for these H2088 thirty H7970 days H3117.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:12 - And they reported H5046 Esther’s H635 words H1697 to Mordecai H4782.

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Then Mordecai H4782 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Esther H635, “Do not imagine H1819 that you in the king’s H4428 palace H1004 can escape H4422 any more H4480 than H4480 all H3605 the other Jews H3064.

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:14 - “For if H518 you keep H2790 silent H2790 at this H2088 time H6256, liberation H7305 and rescue H2020 will arise H5975 for the Jews H3064 from another H312 place H4725, and you and your father’s H1 house H1004 will perish H6. And who H4310 knows H3045 whether H518 you have not attained H5060 royalty H4438 for such a time H6256 as this H2088?”

Esther Plans to Intercede

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:15 - Then Esther H635 told H559 them to reply H7725 to Mordecai H4782,

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:16 - “Go H1980, gather H3664 all H3605 the Jews H3064 who are found H4672 in Susa H7800, and fast H6684 for me; do not eat H398 or drink H8354 for three H7969 days H3117, night H3915 or day H3117. I and my attendants H5291 also H1571 will fast H6684 in the same H3651 way H3651. And then H3651 I will go H935 in H935 to the king H4428, which H834 is not in accordance with the law H1881; and if H834 I perish H6, I perish H6.”

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Unchecked Copy BoxEst 4:17 - So Mordecai H4782 went H5674 away H5674 and did H6213 just H3605 H834 as Esther H635 had commanded H6680 him.
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