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Esther 2:10-12
New English Translation
Esther 2:10-12
New English Translation
10 Now Esther had not disclosed her people or her lineage,[a] for Mordecai had instructed her not to do so.[b] 11 And day after day Mordecai used to walk back and forth in front of the court of the harem in order to learn how Esther was doing[c] and what might happen to her.
12 At the end of the twelve months that were required for the women,[d] when the turn of each young woman arrived to go to King Ahasuerus—for in this way they had to fulfill their time of cosmetic treatment: six months with oil of myrrh, and six months with perfume and various ointments used by women—
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- Esther 2:10 tn Cf. v. 20, where the same phrase occurs but with the word order reversed.
- Esther 2:10 tn Heb “that she not tell” (NRSV similar); NASB “that she should not make them known.”
- Esther 2:11 tn Heb “to know the peace of Esther.”
- Esther 2:12 tc The LXX does not include the words “that were required for the women.”tn Heb “to be to her according to the law of the women”; NASB “under the regulations for the women.”
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