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Ärende: Bible Reading for October 1
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From: "Bob Hoffman" <bob.hoffman@fmlynet.org>

CHAPTER 4
Esther 4:1
1 When Mordecai perceived all that was done, Mordecai rent his clothes, and put
on sackcloth with ashes, and went out into the midst of the city, and cried 
with a loud  and a bitter  cry; Esther 4:2
2 And came even before the king's gate: for none might enter into the king's
gate clothed with sackcloth.
Esther 4:3
3 And in every province, whithersoever the king's commandment and his decree
came, there was great mourning among the Jews, and fasting, and weeping, and
wailing; and many  lay  in sackcloth  and ashes. Esther 4:4
4 So Esther's maids and her chamberlains came and told it her. Then was the
queen exceedingly grieved; and she sent raiment to clothe Mordecai, and to take
away  his sackcloth  from him: but he received  it not. Esther 4:5
5 Then called Esther for Hatach, one of the king's chamberlains, whom he had
appointed to attend upon her, and gave him a commandment to Mordecai, to know
what it was, and why it was.
Esther 4:6
6 So Hatach went forth to Mordecai unto the street of the city, which was
before the king's gate.
Esther 4:7
7 And Mordecai told him of all that had happened unto him, and of the sum of
the money that Haman had promised to pay to the king's treasuries for the Jews,
to destroy them.
Esther 4:8
8 Also he gave him the copy of the writing of the decree that was given at
Shushan to destroy them, to shew it unto Esther, and to declare it unto her,
and to charge her that she should go in unto the king,  to make supplication
unto him, and to make request  before  him for her people. Esther 4:9
9 And Hatach came and told Esther the words of Mordecai. Esther 4:10
10 Again Esther spake unto Hatach, and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
Esther 4:11
11 All the king's servants, and the people of the king's 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.
Esther 4:12
12 And they told to Mordecai Esther's words. Esther 4:13
13 Then Mordecai commanded to answer Esther, Think not with thyself that thou
shalt escape in the king's house, more than all the Jews. Esther 4:14
14 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 father's house shall be destroyed: and who knoweth  whether thou art come 
to the kingdom  for such a time  as this? Esther 4:15
15 Then Esther bade them return Mordecai this answer, Esther 4:16
16 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. Esther 4:17
17 So Mordecai went his way, and did according to all that Esther had commanded
him.
CHAPTER 5
Esther 5:1
1 Now it came to pass on the third day, that Esther put on her royal apparel,
and stood in the inner court of the king's house, over against the king's
house:  and the king  sat  upon his royal  throne  in the royal house,  over
against  the gate  of the house. Esther 5:2
2 And it was so, when the king saw Esther the queen standing in the court, that
she obtained favour in his sight: and the king held out to Esther the golden 
sceptre  that was in his hand.  So Esther  drew near,  and touched the top  of
the sceptre.
Esther 5:3
3 Then said the king unto her, What wilt thou, queen Esther? and what is thy
request? it shall be even given thee to the half of the kingdom. Esther 5:4
4 And Esther answered, If it seem good unto the king, let the king and Haman
come this day unto the banquet that I have prepared for him. Esther 5:5
5 Then the king said, Cause Haman to make haste, that he may do as Esther hath
said. So the king and Haman came to the banquet that Esther had prepared.
Esther 5:6
6 And the king said unto Esther at the banquet of wine, What is thy petition?
and it shall be granted thee: and what is thy request? even to the half of the
kingdom it shall be performed. Esther 5:7
7 Then answered Esther, and said, My petition and my request is; Esther 5:8
8 If I have found favour in the sight of the king, and if it please the king to
grant my petition, and to perform my request, let the king and Haman come to
the banquet  that I shall prepare  for them, and I will do  to morrow  as the
king  hath said.
Esther 5:9
9 Then went Haman forth that day joyful and with a glad heart: but when Haman
saw Mordecai in the king's gate, that he stood not up,  nor moved  for him, he 
was full  of indignation  against Mordecai. Esther 5:10
10 Nevertheless Haman refrained himself: and when he came home, he sent and
called for his friends, and Zeresh his wife. Esther 5:11
11 And Haman told them of the glory of his riches, and the multitude of his
children, and all the things wherein the king had promoted him, and how he had
advanced him above the princes and servants of the king. Esther 5:12
12 Haman said moreover, Yea, Esther the queen did let no man come in with the
king unto the banquet that she had prepared but myself; and to morrow am I
invited unto her also with the king. Esther 5:13
13 Yet all this availeth me nothing, so long as I see Mordecai the Jew sitting
at the king's gate.
Esther 5:14
14 Then said Zeresh his wife and all his friends unto him, Let a gallows be
made of fifty cubits high, and to morrow speak thou unto the king that Mordecai
 may be hanged  thereon: then go  thou in merrily  with the king unto the
banquet.  And the thing  pleased  Haman;  and he caused  the gallows  to be
made.
CHAPTER 6
Esther 6:1
1 On that night could not the king sleep, and he commanded to bring the book of
records of the chronicles; and they were read before the king. Esther 6:2
2 And it was found written, that Mordecai had told of Bigthana and Teresh, two
of the king's chamberlains, the keepers of the door, who sought to lay hand  on
the king  Ahasuerus.
Esther 6:3
3 And the king said, What honour and dignity hath been done to Mordecai for
this? Then said the king's servants that ministered unto him, There is nothing
done for him.
Esther 6:4
4 And the king said, Who is in the court? Now Haman was come into the outward
court of the king's house, to speak unto the king to hang Mordecai on the
gallows  that he had prepared  for him. Esther 6:5
5 And the king's servants said unto him, Behold, Haman standeth in the court.
And the king said, Let him come in. Esther 6:6
6 So Haman came in. And the king said unto him, What shall be done unto the man
whom the king delighteth to honour? Now Haman thought in his heart, To whom
would the king  delight  to do  honour  more  than to myself? Esther 6:7
7 And Haman answered the king, For the man whom the king delighteth to honour,
Esther 6:8
8 Let the royal apparel be brought which the king useth to wear, and the horse
that the king rideth upon, and the crown royal which is set upon his head:
Esther 6:9
9 And let this apparel and horse be delivered to the hand of one of the king's
most noble princes, that they may array the man withal whom the king delighteth
to honour,  and bring  him on horseback  through the street  of the city,  and
proclaim  before  him, Thus shall it be done  to the man whom the king 
delighteth  to honour. Esther 6:10
10 Then the king said to Haman, Make haste, and take the apparel and the horse,
as thou hast said, and do even so to Mordecai the Jew, that sitteth at the
king's  gate:  let nothing  fail  of all that thou hast spoken. Esther 6:11
11 Then took Haman the apparel and the horse, and arrayed Mordecai, and brought
him on horseback through the street of the city, and proclaimed before him,
Thus shall it be done unto the man  whom the king  delighteth to honour.
Esther 6:12
12 And Mordecai came again to the king's gate. But Haman hasted to his house
mourning, and having his head covered. Esther 6:13
13 And Haman told Zeresh his wife and all his friends every thing that had
befallen him. Then said his wise men and Zeresh his wife unto him, If Mordecai
be of the seed of the Jews,  before  whom thou hast begun  to fall, thou shalt
not prevail  against him, but shalt surely  fall  before  him. Esther 6:14
14 And while they were yet talking with him, came the king's chamberlains, and
hasted to bring Haman unto the banquet that Esther had prepared. CHAPTER 7
Esther 7:1
1 So the king and Haman came to banquet with Esther the queen. Esther 7:2
2 And the king said again unto Esther on the second day at the banquet of wine,
What is thy petition, queen Esther? and it shall be granted thee: and what is
thy request? and it shall be performed,  even to the half  of the kingdom.
Esther 7:3
3 Then Esther the queen answered and said, If I have found favour in thy sight,
O king, and if it please the king, let my life be given me at my petition,  and
my people  at my request: Esther 7:4
4 For we are sold, I and my people, to be destroyed, to be slain, and to
perish. But if we had been sold for bondmen and bondwomen, I had held my
tongue, although the enemy could not countervail the king's  damage. Esther 7:5
5 Then the king Ahasuerus answered and said unto Esther the queen, Who is he,
and where is he, that durst presume in his heart to do so? Esther 7:6
6 And Esther said, The adversary and enemy is this wicked Haman. Then Haman was
afraid before the king and the queen. Esther 7:7
7 And the king arising from the banquet of wine in his wrath went into the
palace garden: and Haman stood up to make request for his life to Esther the
queen;  for he saw  that there was evil  determined  against him by the king.
Esther 7:8
8 Then the king returned out of the palace garden into the place of the banquet
of wine; and Haman was fallen upon the bed whereon Esther was. Then said the
king,  Will he force  the queen  also before me in the house?  As the word 
went out  of the king's  mouth,  they covered  Haman's  face. Esther 7:9
9 And Harbonah, one of the chamberlains, said before the king, Behold also, the
gallows fifty cubits high, which Haman had made for Mordecai,  who had spoken 
good  for the king,  standeth  in the house  of Haman.  Then the king  said, 
Hang  him thereon.
Esther 7:10
10 So they hanged Haman on the gallows that he had prepared for Mordecai. Then
was the king's wrath pacified.


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