Esther 4:8-10
Revised Standard Version Catholic Edition
8 Mor′decai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and entreat him for her people,[a] “Remembering the days of your lowliness, when you were cared for by me, because Haman, who is next to the king, spoke against us for our destruction. Beseech the Lord and speak to the king concerning us and deliver us from death.” 9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mor′decai had said. 10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mor′decai, saying,
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- 4.8 and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and entreat him for her people: These words are the equivalent of Vulgate 15.1. The remainder of verse 8, printed in italics, corresponds to Vulgate 15.2-3, but is taken, of course, from the Greek. It is not included in the RSV edition of the Apocrypha, but is listed among the deuterocanonical parts of the book of Esther.
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