Esther 4:9-11

9Hathach went back into the palace. He told Esther what Mordecai had said.

10Then Esther sent Hathach back to Mordecai with this message:

11‘Everybody knows the law. People cannot go to meet the king in his own part of the palace unless the king asks them to come. All the king's officers and all his people know that that is the law. If somebody decides to go to the king when the king has not asked to see him, that person must die. He will only stay alive if the king holds out his gold sceptre towards him. As for me, the king has not asked me to go to him for the last 30 days.’