Esther 2
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Esther 2:12-13

12Before a young woman’s turn came to go in to King Xerxes, she had to complete twelve months of beauty treatments prescribed for the women, six months with oil of myrrh and six with perfumes and cosmetics.

13And this is how she would go to the king: Anything she wanted was given her to take with her from the harem to the king’s palace.

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