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And Mordecai told him all that had happened to him ,
and the sum of money that Haman had promised to pay into the king '
s treasuries to destroy the Jews .
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He also gave him a copy of the written decree for their destruction ,
which was given at Shushan ,
that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her ,
and that he might command her to go in to the king to make supplication to him and plead before him for her people .
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So Hathach returned and told Esther the words of Mordecai .
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Then Esther spoke to Hathach ,
and gave him a command for Mordecai :
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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 ?"