Esther 2:10-12

Amplified Bible

¹⁰ Esther did not reveal [the Jewish background of] her people or her family, for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so. ¹¹ Every day Mordecai [who was an ^[a]attendant in the king’s court] walked back and forth in front of the courtyard of the harem to learn how Esther was getting along and what was happening to her.

¹² Now when it was each young woman’s turn to go before King Ahasuerus, after the end of her twelve months under the regulations for the women—for the days of their beautification were completed as follows: six months with oil of myrrh and six months with [sweet] spices and perfumes and the beauty preparations for women—