3
"Let the
king appoint overseers in
all the
provinces of his
kingdom that they may
gather every beautiful young virgin to the
citadel of
Susa, to the
harem *, into the
custody of
Hegai, the
king's eunuch, who is in
charge of the
women; and let their
cosmetics be
given them.
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