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-\v 1 After these things happened, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite son of Hammedatha above all the other officials and he made it clear that Haman was over all others who served under him.
+\v 1 After these things happened, King Ahasuerus promoted Haman the Agagite son of Hammedatha above all the other officials, and he made it clear that Haman was over all others who served under him.
 \v 2 All the other officials bowed down in front of Haman to honor him, and they gave him great honor, as the king commanded they should. But Mordecai refused to bow down to Haman or to give him that kind of honor.
 
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 \v 1 When Mordecai found out about those letters, he was so anguished that he tore his clothes and put on the clothes of mourning—rough sackcloth— and he sat in ashes, to show his distress. Then he went into the city, crying very loudly with bitterness and sorrow.
-\v 2 He stood outside the king's gate, he was not allowed to enter the palace, because the law forbid anyone dressed in sackcloth to be admitted through the king's gate.
-\v 3 In every province of the empire, when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They fasted, and wailed loudly, and were filled with sorrow. Many of them lay, dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes.
+\v 2 He stood outside the king's gate. He was not allowed to enter the palace because the law forbade anyone dressed in sackcloth to be admitted through the king's gate.
+\v 3 In every province of the empire, when the letter from the king was read to the Jewish people, they cried and mourned. They fasted, wailed loudly, and were filled with sorrow. Many of them lay, dressed in sackcloth and sat in ashes.
 
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 \v 4 When Esther's servant women and the male servants came to her and told her about the king's decree and the coming danger, she was very distressed. So she sent to Mordecai some good clothes so he could take off his sackcloth, but he refused to accept them.
-\v 5 Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king's officials, whom he had appointed serve and protect her. She told him to go out and talk to Mordecai to find out what the trouble was about.
+\v 5 Then Esther summoned Hathak, one of the king's officials whom he had appointed to serve and protect her. She told him to go out and talk to Mordecai to find out what the trouble was about.
 
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 \v 6 Hathak went to Mordecai in the city square in front of the gate to the king's palace.
 \v 7 Mordecai told him everything that had happened. He told him how much silver Haman had promised to deposit in the king's treasury in order to kill the Jews.
-\v 8 Mordecai also gave Hathak a copy of the decree that had been issued in Susa, so that he might show it to Esther. Mordecai wanted to command Esther to take action about this order from the king and to beg favor from the king. He wanted her to go to the king and try to help the Jewish people.
+\v 8 Mordecai also gave Hathak a copy of the decree that had been issued in Susa so that he might show it to Esther. Mordecai wanted to command Esther to take action about this order from the king and to beg favor from the king. He wanted her to go to the king and try to help the Jewish people.
 
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 \v 9 So Hathak went to Esther and told her what Mordecai said.
-\v 10 Then Esther ordered Hathak to return to Mordecai, and to tell him this:
+\v 10 Then Esther ordered Hathak to return to Mordecai and tell him this:
 \v 11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that no one can come before the king unless the king invites him to come. There is only one result of breaking this law: The person is put to death. The only exception would be that the king would hold out his golden scepter to someone who came before him, and that would be the sign that the king would permit that person to live. About my own contact with the king, I have not been called to come to the king for thirty days."
 \v 12 So Hathak went back to Mordecai and told him what Esther had said.
 
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 \v 13 Mordecai told Hathak to tell this to Esther: "Do not think that just because you live there in the palace, you will escape when all the other Jews are killed.
-\v 14 If you remain silent at this time, someone else will rescue the Jews in some other way, but you and your father's family will die. Who knows, perhaps it was for just for a time like this that you were made queen."
+\v 14 If you remain silent at this time, someone else will rescue the Jews in some other way, but you and your father's family will die. Who knows? Perhaps it was for just for a time like this that you were made queen."
 
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 \v 15 Then Esther sent this message to Mordecai,
-\v 16 "Go and gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to fast for for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My young girls and I will fast in the same way. Then I will go to the king, even though I know it is against the law. And if I die, I die."
+\v 16 "Go and gather together all the Jews here in Susa, and tell them to fast for me. Do not eat or drink for three days, night or day. My young girls and I will fast in the same way. Then I will go to the king, even though I know it is against the law. And if I die, I die."
 \v 17 Mordecai went and did what Esther told him to do.
 
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 \v 1 After three days, Esther put on her royal clothing. Then she went and stood in the inner court of the king's palace, before the front of the king's house. At that time, the king was sitting on his royal throne in his house, facing the entrance to the house.
-\v 2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, the king was glad and welcomed her. He held out to her the golden sceptre that was in his hand. So Esther approached the king and touched the tip of the scepter.
+\v 2 When the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, the king was glad and welcomed her. He held out to her the golden scepter that was in his hand. So Esther approached the king and touched the tip of the scepter.
 
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-\v 3 Then the king said to her, "What is it that you want Queen Esther? What is your request? I will give you up to half my kingdom, if that is what you request."
+\v 3 Then the king said to her, "What is it that you want, Queen Esther? What is your request? I will give you up to half my kingdom, if that is what you request."
 \v 4 Esther replied, "Your Majesty, if it pleases you, will you and Haman come to a feast that I have prepared for you?"
 
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 \v 7 Esther answered, "My petition and my request is this,
-\v 8 if you are pleased with me, if you are willing to do this for me: will you and Haman come to another feast I am preparing for you tomorrow. At that time, I will answer your question."
+\v 8 if you are pleased with me, if you are willing to do this for me: Will you and Haman come to another feast I am preparing for you tomorrow. At that time, I will answer your question."
 
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 \v 9 Haman was feeling very happy when he left the feast. But he saw Mordecai sitting at the gate of the palace, and once again, Mordecai did not stand up or shake with fear in front of him. So Haman was filled with anger toward Mordecai.
 \v 10 However, he did nothing to show that he was angry. He went to his house and gathered his friends. He also called for his wife, Zeresh.
-\v 11 Haman told them all about the great riches he had accumulated. He talked about his many sons, and how he had achieved more than all the other officials and the servants of the king.
+\v 11 Haman told them all about the great riches he had accumulated. He talked about his many sons and how he had achieved more than all the other officials and the servants of the king.
 
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-\v 12 Then Haman added, "Even Queen Esther invited just two of us, me and the king, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting just the two of us to another banquet that she is will give us tomorrow!"
+\v 12 Then Haman added, "Even Queen Esther invited just two of us, me and the king, to a banquet she prepared for us today. And she is inviting just the two of us to another banquet that she will give us tomorrow!"
 \v 13 Then Haman said, "But these things mean nothing to me as long as I can see Mordecai the Jew sitting there at the king's gate!"
 
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-\v 1 That night the king was unable to sleep, so he summoned a servant and told him to bring the book of the history of all that happened during the time he had been king. So the servant brought the records and read aloud to the king.
+\v 1 That night, the king was unable to sleep, so he summoned a servant and told him to bring the book of the history of all that happened during the time he had been king. So the servant brought the records and read aloud to the king.
 \v 2 The servant read about Bigthana and Teresh, the two officials who had guarded the entrance to the king's rooms. He read the account of when Mordecai had found out that they planned to assassinate King Ahasuerus and that he had told the king about it.
 \v 3 The king asked, "What was done to honor Mordecai for what he did for the king?" The young men serving the king answered, "Nothing has been done for him."
 
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 \v 7 So he replied to the king, "For the one you want to honor,
-\v 8 you should tell your servants to bring out some robes that you yourself have worn, and to bring out one of the horses you have ridden and that bears a royal crest on his head.
+\v 8 you should tell your servants to bring out some robes that you yourself have worn and to bring out one of the horses you have ridden and that bears a royal crest on his head.
 \v 9 Give the robes and the horse to your very important officials so that they may put the royal clothes on that man, and let them lead that man who sits on the horse through the city streets. As he goes, other servants will shout, 'This is what happens when the king wants to honor someone!'"
 
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 \v 10 The king replied to Haman, "Hurry, take the robes and horse, as you have said, and do this for Mordecai the Jew who sits at the king's gate! Do not forget anything you have said!"
-\v 11 So Haman took the robes and the horse. He put the royal clothes on Mordecai, and Haman led him on the horse through the city streets proclaiming "This is what is done for a man when the king wants to honor him!"
+\v 11 So Haman took the robes and the horse. He put the royal clothes on Mordecai, and Haman led him on the horse through the city streets, proclaiming, "This is what is done for a man when the king wants to honor him!"
 
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 \v 12 Then, Mordecai returned to the king's gate. But Haman hurried to his house. He was mourning and had covered his face.
-\v 13 Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends about everything that had happened to him. Then his men known for their wisdom, and Zeresh his wife, said to him, "If Mordecai is Jewish, and if you have been humiliated before him, you will not defeat him. You are sure to be defeated by him."
+\v 13 Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends about everything that had happened to him. Then his men known for their wisdom and Zeresh his wife said to him, "If Mordecai is Jewish and if you have been humiliated before him, you will not defeat him. You are sure to be defeated by him."
 \v 14 While they were still talking, some of the king's officials arrived to quickly take Haman to the feast that Esther had prepared.
 
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