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So Hathach went to speak to Mordecai. Mordecai was outside the king's gate, in an open place. Mordecai told Hathach everything that had happened. He told Hathach how much money Haman would pay to the king when people destroyed all the Jews.[a] Mordecai gave Hathach a copy of the law that they had read aloud to the people in Susa. He told Hathach to show the law to Esther and explain it to her. Mordecai also said that Esther must go and speak to the king. She must ask the king to let her people live.

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  1. 4:7 See Esther 3:9. Haman had promised to give the king a lot of silver.