Esther 1
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Esther 1:21-22

21Now this word pleased the king and the officials, and the king did 1as Memucan proposed.

22So he sent letters to all the king’s provinces, 2to each province according to its script and to every people according to their language, that every man was to 3be the ruler in his own house and the one who speaks in the language of his own people.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 1:21 Lit according to the word of ↩
  2. 2. Esther 1:22 Esth 3:12; 8:9 ↩
  3. 3. Esther 1:22 Eph 5:22-24 ↩

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