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18 Then (A)the king held a great feast, Esther’s feast, for all his princes and his servants; he also held a remission of taxes for the provinces and gave gifts (B)according to the king’s hand.

19 (C)And when the virgins were gathered together the second time, then Mordecai (D)was sitting at the king’s gate. 20 (E)Esther had not yet told anyone about her kinsmen or her people, just as Mordecai had commanded her; indeed Esther was doing [a]what Mordecai declared that she do, just as she had done (F)when she was being brought up by him.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:20 Lit the declaration of Mordecai