Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Esther 4:2
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But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
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And came even before the king’s gate: for none [might] enter into the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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He came even before the king’s gate, for no one is allowed inside the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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ASVAmerican Standard Version
and he came even before the king’s gate: for none might enter within the king’s gate clothed with sackcloth.
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Esther 4
1 When Mordecai learned of all that had happened, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and ashes, and went out into the middle of the city, wailing loudly and bitterly.
2 But he went only as far as the king’s gate, because the law prohibited anyone wearing sackcloth from entering that gate.
3 In every province to which the king’s command and edict came, there was great mourning among the Jews. They fasted, wept, and lamented, and many lay in sackcloth and ashes.
4 When Esther’s maidens and eunuchs came and told her about Mordecai, the queen was overcome with distress. She sent clothes for Mordecai to wear instead of his sackcloth, but he would not accept them.
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