Esther 2:10

Old Testament · SCRIPTURE

Esther 2:10

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BSB

Berean Standard Bible

Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

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KJV

King James Version

Esther had not shewed her people nor her kindred: for Mordecai had charged her that she should not shew [it].

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WEB

World English Bible

Esther had not made known her people nor her relatives, because Mordecai had instructed her that she should not make it known.

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ASV

American Standard Version

Esther had not made known her people nor her kindred; for Mordecai had charged her that she should not make it known.

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Esther 2

⁸ When the king’s command and edict had been proclaimed, many young women gathered at the citadel of Susa under the care of Hegai. Esther was also taken to the palace and placed under the care of Hegai, the custodian of the women.

⁹ And the young woman pleased him and obtained his favor, so he quickly provided her with beauty treatments and the special diet. He assigned to her seven select maidservants from the palace and transferred her with them to the best place in the harem.

¹⁰ Esther did not reveal her people or her lineage, because Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.

¹¹ And every day Mordecai would walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem to learn about Esther’s welfare and what was happening to her.

¹² In the twelve months before her turn to go to King Xerxes, the harem regulation required each young woman to receive beauty treatments with oil of myrrh for six months, and then with perfumes and cosmetics for another six months.

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