Esther 1
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Esther 1:7-8

7DrinksH8248 were servedH8248 in goldenH2091 vesselsH3627 of variousH8132 kindsH3627, and the royalH4438 wineH3196 was plentifulH7227 1in proportion to the king’sH4428 2bountyH3027.

8But the drinkingH8360 was done according to the royal lawH1881; thereH369 wasH369 noH369 compulsionH597, for soH3651 the kingH4428 had givenH3245 ordersH3245 to eachH3605 officialH7227 of his householdH1004, that he was to doH6213 as eachH376 personH376 pleasedH7522.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 1:7 Esth 2:18 ↩
  2. 2. Esther 1:7 Lit hand ↩

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