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Esther 2:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
Esther 2:18-20
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition
18 Then the king gave a great banquet to all his officials and ministers—‘Esther’s banquet.’ He also granted a holiday[a] to the provinces, and gave gifts with royal liberality.
Mordecai Discovers a Plot
19 When the virgins were being gathered together,[b] Mordecai was sitting at the king’s gate. 20 Now Esther had not revealed her kindred or her people, as Mordecai had charged her; for Esther obeyed Mordecai just as when she was brought up by him.
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- Esther 2:18 Or an amnesty
- Esther 2:19 Heb adds a second time
New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised Catholic Edition (NRSVACE)
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