15 Then Mordecai went out from the presence of the king (A)in royal robes of blue and white, with a great golden crown[a] and (B)a robe of fine linen and purple, (C)and the city of Susa shouted and rejoiced. 16 The Jews had (D)light and gladness and joy and honor. 17 And in every province and in every city, wherever the king's command and his edict reached, there was gladness and joy among the Jews, a feast and (E)a holiday. (F)And many from the peoples of the country declared themselves Jews, (G)for fear of the Jews had fallen on them.

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