Esther 2
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Esther 2:12-14

12Now when the turnH8447 cameH5060 for eachH5291 youngH5291 womanH5291 to goH935 inH935 to KingH4428 AhasuerusH325, afterH4480 the endH7093 of her twelveH8147H6240 monthsH2320 under the regulationsH1881 for the womenH802--for the daysH3117 of their beautyH4795 treatmentH4795 were completedH4390 asH3651 followsH3651: sixH8337 monthsH2320 with oilH8081 of myrrhH4753 and sixH8337 monthsH2320 with balsamH1314 oilH1314 and the cosmeticsH8562 for womenH802-- 13the youngH5291 womanH5291 would goH935 inH935 to the kingH4428 in thisH2088 wayH2088: anythingH3605 that she 1desiredH559 was givenH5414 her to 2takeH935 with her from the haremH1004H802 to the king’sH4428 palaceH1004. 14In the eveningH6153 she would enterH935 and in the morningH1242 she would returnH7725 to the secondH8145 haremH1004H802, to the 3custodyH3027 of ShaashgazH8190, the king’sH4428 eunuchH5631 who was inH8104 chargeH8104 ofH8104 the concubinesH6370. She would not goH935 inH935 to the kingH4428 againH5750, unlessH3588H518 the kingH4428 delightedH2654 in her and she was summonedH7121 by nameH8034.

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Notes

  1. 1. Esther 2:13 Lit said ↩
  2. 2. Esther 2:13 Lit come ↩
  3. 3. Esther 2:14 Lit hand ↩

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