Esther:4:11-16
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All the kings servants ,
and the people of the kings provinces ,
do know ,
that whosoever ,
whether man or woman ,
shall come unto the king into the inner court ,
who is not called ,
there is one law of his to put him to death ,
except such to whom the king shall hold out the golden sceptre ,
that he may live :
but I have not been called to come in unto the king these thirty days .
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And they told to Mordecai Esthers words .
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Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther ,
Think not with thyself that thou shalt escape in the kings house ,
more than all the Jews .
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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time ,
then shall there enlargement and deliverance arise to the Jews from another place ;
but thou and thy fathers house shall be destroyed :
and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this ?
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Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer ,
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Go ,
gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan ,
and fast ye for me ,
and neither eat nor drink three days ,
night or day :
I also and my maidens will fast likewise ;
and so will I go in unto the king ,
which is not according to the law :
and if I perish ,
I perish .