Esther 4:10

10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mor'decai, saying,

Esther 4:10 Meaning and Commentary

Esther 4:10

Again Esther spake unto Hatach
For there was no other way of corresponding and conversing but by an eunuch; the wives of kings being altogether under their watch and care:

and gave him commandment unto Mordecai;
to go unto him, and what he should say to him from her, which is as follows.

Esther 4:10 In-Context

8 Mor'decai also gave him a copy of the written decree issued in Susa for their destruction, that he might show it to Esther and explain it to her and charge her to go to the king to make supplication to him and entreat him for her people.
9 And Hathach went and told Esther what Mor'decai had said.
10 Then Esther spoke to Hathach and gave him a message for Mor'decai, saying,
11 "All the king's servants and the people of the king's provinces know that if any man or woman goes to the king inside the inner court without being called, there is but one law; all alike are to be put to death, except the one to whom the king holds out the golden scepter that he may live. And I have not been called to come in to the king these thirty days."
12 And they told Mor'decai what Esther had said.
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