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All the king '
s servants and the people of the king '
s provinces know that any man or woman who goes into the inner court to the king ,
who has not been called ,
he has but one law :
put all to death ,
except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter ,
that he may live .
Yet I myself have not been called to go in to the king these thirty days ."
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So they told Mordecai Esther '
s words .
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And Mordecai told them to answer Esther : "
Do not think in your heart that you will escape in the king '
s palace any more than all the other Jews .
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For if you remain completely silent at this time ,
relief and deliverance will arise for the Jews from another place ,
but you and your father '
s house will perish .
Yet who knows whether you have come to the kingdom for such a time as this ?"
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Then Esther told them to reply to Mordecai :
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Go ,
gather all the Jews who are present in Shushan ,
and fast for me ;
neither eat nor drink for three days ,
night or day .
My maids and I will fast likewise .
And so I will go to the king ,
which is against the law ;
and if I perish ,
I perish !"