Additions to Esther 4:11

11 "If anyone, man or woman, goes to the inner courtyard and sees the king without being summoned, that person will be sentenced to death. Everyone in the empire knows that. Only if the king holds out his gold scepter to him can his life be spared. But it has been a month now since the king has sent for me."

Additions to Esther 4:11 In-Context

9 So Hathach did this,

10 and Esther gave him this message to take back to Mordecai:

11 "If anyone, man or woman, goes to the inner courtyard and sees the king without being summoned, that person will be sentenced to death. Everyone in the empire knows that. Only if the king holds out his gold scepter to him can his life be spared. But it has been a month now since the king has sent for me."

12 When Mordecai received Esther's message,

13 he sent her this warning: "Esther, don't imagine that you are safer than any of the other Jews in the empire.