1Now when Mardochai had heard these things, he rent his garments, and put on sackcloth, strewing ashes on his head and he cried with a loud voice in the street in the midst of the city, shewing the anguish of his mind.

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Daniel 9:3, Daniel 9:3, 2 Samuel 1:11, Job 42:6, 2 Samuel 13:19

2And he came lamenting in this manner even to the gate of the palace: for no one clothed with sackcloth might enter the king's court.

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3And in all provinces, towns, and places, to which the king's cruel edict was come, there was great mourning among the Jews, with fasting, wailing, and weeping, many using sackcloth and ashes for their bed.

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Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:12, Isaiah 22:4, Daniel 9:3, Isaiah 58:5

4Then Esther's maids and her eunuchs went in, and told her. And when she heard it she was in a consternation and she sent a garment, to clothe him, and to take away the sackcloth: but he would not receive it.

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Psalms 77:2, Psalms 77:2, Esther 1:12, Genesis 37:35, Isaiah 56:3

5And she called for Athach the eunuch, whom the king had appointed to attend upon her, and she commanded him to go to Mardochai, and learn of him why he did this.

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Hebrews 4:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Hebrews 4:15, 1 Corinthians 12:26, Esther 1:12

6And Athach going out went to Mardochai, who was standing in the street of the city, before the palace gate:

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Esther 4:3, Esther 4:3, Esther 7:2, Esther 7:2, Esther 9:12

7And Mardochai told him all that had happened, how Aman had promised to pay money into the king's treasures, to have the Jews destroyed.

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Esther 3:2, Esther 3:15, Esther 3:2, Esther 3:15

8He gave him also a copy of the edict which was hanging up in Susan, that he should shew it to the queen, and admonish her to go in to the king, and to entreat him for her people.

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Ecclesiastes 10:4, Ecclesiastes 10:4, Job 9:15, Job 9:15, Esther 3:14

9And Athach went back and told Esther all that Mardochai had said.

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10She answered him, and bade him say to Mardochai:

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11All the king's servants, and all the provinces that are under his dominion, know, that whosoever, whether man or woman, cometh into the king's inner court, who is not called for, is immediately to be put to death without any delay: except the king shall hold out the golden sceptre to him, in token of clemency, that so he may live. How then can I go in to the king, who for these thirty days now have not been called unto him?

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Esther 8:4, Daniel 2:9, Esther 5:1, Esther 5:2, Esther 8:4

12And when Mardochai had heard this,

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13He sent word to Esther again, saying: Think not that thou mayst save thy life only, because thou art in the king's house, more than all the Jews:

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Proverbs 24:10, Proverbs 24:12, Proverbs 24:10, Proverbs 24:12, Philippians 2:30

14For if thou wilt now hold thy peace, the Jews shall be delivered by some other occasion: and thou, and thy father's house shall perish. And who knoweth whether thou art not therefore come to the kingdom, that thou mightest be ready in such a time as this?

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Genesis 45:4, Genesis 45:8, Genesis 45:4, Genesis 45:8, 1 Samuel 12:22

15And again Esther sent to Mardochai in these words:

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16Go, and gather together all the Jews whom thou shalt find in Susan, and pray ye for me. Neither eat nor drink for three days and three nights: and I with my handmaids will fast in like manner, and then I will go in to the king, against the law, not being called, and expose myself to death and to danger.

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Acts 20:24, Acts 20:24, 2 Chronicles 20:3, 2 Chronicles 20:3, Luke 9:24

17So Mardochai went, and did all that Esther had commanded him.

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