11 And Mordecai walked [a]every day before the court of the women’s house, to know if Esther did well, and what should be done with her.

12 And when the course of every maid came, 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, six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with sweet odors and in the purifying of the women:

13 And thus went the maids unto the King) whatsoever she required, was [b]given her to go with her out of the women’s house unto the king’s house.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 2:11 For though she was taken away by a cruel law, yet he ceased not to have a fatherly care over her, and therefore did resort ofttimes to hear of her.
  2. Esther 2:13 What apparel she asked of the eunuch, that was he bound to give her.

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