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Esther 1:19-21
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19 If it pleases[a] the king, let a royal edict[b] go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of Persia and Media so that it will not be altered, that Vashti cannot come before King Ahasuerus; and let the king give her royal position to her neighbor who is better than she. 20 And let the king’s decree that he will make be proclaimed in all his kingdom, because it is vast and all the women will honor their husbands, great and small.”[c]

21 This advice pleased the king[d] and the officials, and the king acted according to the word of Memucan.

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Footnotes

  1. Esther 1:19 Literally “If it is good to”
  2. Esther 1:19 Literally “a word of the kingdom”
  3. Esther 1:20 Or “high and low”
  4. Esther 1:21 Literally “The word was good in the eyes of the king
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