OLD TESTAMENT

Esther 2:9

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The lady pleased him, and she found favor in his sight. He hurried to give her the things for purification, her portion, and the seven maidens appointed her out of the palace. He treated her and her maidens well in the women’s apartment.

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Verse 9. And he, Egeus, commanded the under eunuch. Tirinus.—Hebrew “he quickly gave her her things for purifications, (verse 3) and her portions, with seven maids, suitable for her, out of the king’s house; and he charged her and her maids to dwell in the best of the women’s house,” ( Bible.) where things were the most commodious. Calmet.

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