- And Mordecai walked every day before the court of the women's house, to know how Esther did, and what should become of her.
- Now when every maid's turn was come to go in to king Ahasuerus, after that she had been twelve months, according to the manner of the women, (for so were the days of their purifications accomplished, to wit, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odours, and with other things for the purifying of the women;)
- Then thus came every maiden unto the king; whatsoever she desired was given her to go with her out of the house of the women unto the king's house.
- In the evening she went, and on the morrow she returned into the second house of the women, to the custody of Shaashgaz, the king's chamberlain, which kept the concubines: she came in unto the king no more, except the king delighted in her, and that she were called by name.
- Now when the turn of Esther, the daughter of Abihail the uncle of Mordecai, who had taken her for his daughter, was come to go in unto the king, she required nothing but what Hegai the king's chamberlain, the keeper of the women, appointed. And Esther obtained favour in the sight of all them that looked upon her.
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- 末底改天天在女院前边行走,要知道以斯帖平安不平安,并后事如何。
- 众女子照例先洁净身体十二个月。六个月用没药油,六个月用香料和洁身之物。满了日期,然后挨次进去见亚哈随鲁王。
- 女子进去见王是这样。从女院到王宫的时候,凡她所要的都必给她。
- 晚上进去,次日回到女子第二院,交给掌管妃嫔的太监沙甲。除非王喜爱她,再提名召她,就不再进去见王。
- 末底改叔叔亚比孩的女儿,就是末底改收为自己女儿的以斯帖,按次序当进去见王的时候,除了掌管女子的太监希该所派定给她的,她别无所求。凡看见以斯帖的都喜悦她。
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