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For if thou altogether holdest thy peace at this time, then shall there enlargement and deliverancearise to the Jews from anotherplace; but thou and thy father'shouse shall be destroyed: and who knoweth whether thou art come to the kingdom for such a time as this?
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Go, gather together all the Jews that are present in Shushan, and fast ye for me, and neither eat nor drinkthreedays,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.