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Esther 1:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Esther 1:19-21
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
19 If it pleases the king, let a royal order go out from him, and let it be written among the laws of the Persians and the Medes so that it may not be altered, that Vashti is never again to come before King Ahasuerus, and let the king give her royal position to another who is better than she.(A) 20 So when the decree made by the king is proclaimed throughout all his kingdom, vast as it is, all women will give honor to their husbands, high and low alike.”(B)
21 This advice pleased the king and the officials, and the king did as Memucan proposed;
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